Cosmic Origins
Origins of Black Holes: Gravity at Its Extreme by Dr. Feryal Ozel. Gravity is the most important force in the universe, holding together planetary systems, stars, and galaxies. It is what makes the stars hot enough to shine and what keeps the Earth close enough to the Sun for life to form. It is also what ends the life of every massive star with a spectacular collapse and the formation of a black hole.
Finding and studying hundreds of black holes within the Milky Way and in other galaxies brings us closer to understanding gravity at its extreme.
Dr. Feryal Ozel, Associate Professor, Astronomy/Steward Observatory, University of Arizona.
| Origins of Black Holes: Gravity at Its Extreme |
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| Black Holes A collection of documentary films that explain the mysterious nature of black holes and other kinds of cosmic holes such as white holes and wormholes. |
| Black Holes and Galaxies: A Love-Hate Relationship This talk details how the supermassive black holes lurking at the hearts of most galaxies affect the evolution of those galaxies, and how the galaxies provide raw material for the black holes' growth. |
| Black Holes, the Brightest Objects in the Universe This lecture discusses how black holes form, outlines how they are detected, and shows movies that illustrate how they work according to Einstein and state-of-the-art computer simulations. |
| Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. |
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