March 24, 2023 8-10PM

Event Type: Lecture and Stargazing
Title: Black Holes, Spaghettification, and Time Travel
Lecturer:Nils Deppe
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution:Caltech
Abstract:
Gravity on Earth is quite boring: it makes apples fall. However, near a black hole things get really strange. Time slows down and everything becomes spaghetti. Can we abuse gravity to achieve time travel or to visit distant galaxies? What is preventing us from turning science fiction into science fact? Come learn about the wild and whacky side of gravity and how black holes are too weird even for Hollywood sci-fi movies like Interstellar.