Name: Black Holes and Revelations
Start: 2017-05-17T
End: 2017-05-17T
Location: Ebb and Flow

Find out all you need to know about the giants of our universe – black holes and neutron stars. Studying these objects gives us access to exotic realms that we can't explore on Earth.

Please note that this event is accessible for those with impaired mobility and children are welcome.

Binging on Black Holes

Dr Poshak Gandhi ( Associate Professor)

I have a confession to make. I am a blackoholic. It's hard not to be, with black holes being spread throughout the cosmos, everywhere, like tiny specks of glittering multicolour diamonds adorning the sky. Would you like to join me on a trip around the universe in search of these enigmatic objects? It will be worth it!

Black Holes and Quantum Information

Prof Marika Taylor ( Professor of Theoretical Physics)

Marika Taylor is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Southampton,working on particle physics, black holes and string theory. In this talk she will describe the fascinating relationship between black holes and quantum computers: black holes may teach us how to make ultrafast computers, that use quantum mechanics to manipulate data.

Neutron Stars and the Power of Ten?

Dr Diego Altamirano ( Senior Research Fellow)

Neutron Stars wanted to be a black holes, but they didn't make it. Instead they became the the most extreme objects in our universe which have a solid surface. So why wouldn't we want to go and land on them? Some of them could be made out of diamond material, so sounds like the place to go. But can we? how dangerous is a neutron star? If you wanna know more, come and join me in this trip. The only way to understand how extreme (and not friendly) neutron stars are, is to compare them to what we know in earth... and just keep multiplying by 10.. and 10... and 10....

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