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Join us for an evening at Manhattan34 to learn how to capture violent events in space and create a supermassive black hole.
Attendees will also be able to enjoy a discounted space-themed cocktail menu including a mocktail option!
Attendees will also be able to enjoy a discounted space-themed cocktail menu including a mocktail option!
Chasing cosmic explosions: The view from an on-call astronomer
Dr Rhaana Starling
(Associate Professor of Observational Astrophysics, University of Leicester)
Violent astrophysical events, like stellar deaths and neutron star mergers, are short-lived. The Universe is constantly monitored from Space and from Earth to pick up the initial signal from an event. After that, it’s up to on-call astronomers to act fast to capture further data on the fading embers. We don’t have a clear picture of the nature, physics and environments of many of these transient events, and I will focus particularly on chasing both gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves.
Black Hole Beasts
Dr Tamela Maciel
(Space Communications Manager at the National Space Centre)
Find out about one of the largest, most extreme objects in the universe – the majestic radio galaxy. Powered by supermassive black holes buried deep in the cores of galaxies, radio galaxies send out blasts of plasmas travelling nearly the speed of light and extending for millions of light years!
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