6:00–7:00 pm Adler Planetarium
Title: The Extreme Universe
Abstract: The universe is full of black holes, from which light cannot escape and neutron stars, as heavy as the sun yet smaller than Chicago. Remarkable astronomical discoveries have revealed the varied ways in which they behave. They expand the physics of the laboratory and everyday life into new territory characterized by extremes of energy, density, temperature, magnetism and so on. In this lecture I will attempt to explain, in simple language, what we have learned from astronomical observations, and how the study of black holes and neutron stars expands our appreciation of physical science.
Event Type
May
19
