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How to image a black hole
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Date & Time
Thu, 26 Mar 2026
19:00
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Professor Heino Falcke discusses the challenges of imaging black holes.
Why you should come
AI-powered• Hear Prof. Falcke discuss imaging black holes, shielded by an event horizon.
• Learn how the EHT captured the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87.
Event Highlights
- •Learn about the challenges of imaging a black hole.
- •Discover how the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) captured the first-ever image of a black hole.
- •Hear about the imaging of the black hole at the center of our Milky Way.
- •Explore the construction of a new telescope in Africa and future space missions.
Speaker
Heino Falcke
Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen
What to bring / Requirements
- •No knowledge of physics required
Organized by: University of Oxford Department of Physics
Contact: Leanne.odonnell@physics.ox.ac.uk
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