#4-03 - Black Holes, Spacetime and Relativity - ft. Dr. Laura Sberna

Today, Juli talks to Dr. Laura Sberna, a junior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, about the concepts of black holes, spacetime and general relativity, as well as her recent research concerning gravitational waves.

Laura talks about why nothing can come out of black holes, the differences between Newton’s and Einstein’s concepts of gravity, and what spacetime looks like in the vicinity of the black holes. Laura explains how black holes are formed and how the observations and modelling of black holes are done. Laura and Juli also discuss the theories of special and general relativity and how they are impacting our daily lives.

In the last part of this episode, Laura introduces her research on gravitational waves. She explains what gravitational waves are and how they are produced when two black holes merge. She talks about the information on black holes that we can get from gravitational wave signals.

To find more information about Dr. Laura Sberna, check out these links:

https://sites.google.com/view/laurasberna

https://www.aei.mpg.de/person/111637/2784

Laura’s Twitter: @lallasberna

Laura’s Instagram: @lalla_sberna

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