Curious Kids: how are galaxies formed?

We have to look back to the Big Bang to find out.

Jacco van Loon, Astronomer, Keele University • conversation
Nov. 25, 2021 • ~6 min

We've imaged a black hole's magnetic field for the first time – here's what it reveals

New research can help explain how black holes can produce powerful jets.

Ziri Younsi, UKRI Stephen Hawking Fellow, UCL • conversation
March 26, 2021 • ~7 min

Could a human enter a black hole to study it?

If you are a sci-fi junkie you've probably wondered what would happen if you were unlucky enough to fall into a black hole. How well you'd fare all depends on the type of black hole.

Shanshan Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Physics, Grinnell College • conversation
Feb. 1, 2021 • ~7 min

Nobel Prize: how Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysics

Roger Penrose helped resurrect Einstein's general theory of relativity, and Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez showed there was a black hole in the middle of our galaxy.

Andrew King, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Leicester • conversation
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~6 min

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