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CONCORD AREA HUMANISTS (CAH) presents online: Black Holes And Gravity Waves
When:
Wednesday, Dec 02, 2020 7:00p -
8:15p
Where:
Online
Event
Concord, Massachusetts 01742
Admission:
$0.00
Categories:
Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://go.evvnt.com/710672-0?pid=5248
Black holes have been the stuff of science fiction since Karl Schwarzschild predicted their existence in 1916. In the same year, Albert Einstein showed that his theory of relativity also predicted the existence of gravitational waves – actual vibrations in the fabric of spacetime itself.
One hundred years later, in 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (located at sites in Washington state and Louisiana) achieved what many, including Einstein, thought impossible: the direct detection of gravitational waves. And in 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global array network of eight radio telescopes, captured the world’s first image of a black hole’s event horizon.
Join us for an introduction to these miracles of science.
URL:
Inquiries: https://go.evvnt.com/710672-2?pid=5248
Artist / Speaker: Dr. Robert Eisenstein
Category: Community / Local
One hundred years later, in 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (located at sites in Washington state and Louisiana) achieved what many, including Einstein, thought impossible: the direct detection of gravitational waves. And in 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global array network of eight radio telescopes, captured the world’s first image of a black hole’s event horizon.
Join us for an introduction to these miracles of science.
URL:
Inquiries: https://go.evvnt.com/710672-2?pid=5248
Artist / Speaker: Dr. Robert Eisenstein
Category: Community / Local