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SUMMARY:Black holes\, Einstein's gravity and rocket science! - Professor	C
 hris Done\, Durham University
DTSTART:20211026T183000Z
DTEND:20211026T194500Z
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CONTACT:Xuchen Wang
DESCRIPTION:Black holes are black\, and space\, your basic space colour is
  black. So how are we meant to see them? It’s much easier when nearby ma
 tter is captured\, releasing enormous amounts of energy as it spirals down
  into the immense gravity well. This comes out as intense X-ray radiation\
 , turning the darkest objects in the Universe into the brightest – like 
 the last scream before the material disappears forever below the event hor
 izon. But X-rays do not penetrate through our atmosphere\, so it required 
 rocket science to detect this emission! I will describe how we can use the
 se X-rays detected from space based instruments to explore Einstein’s gr
 avity in the strong field limit.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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