Mon 18 May
|RMG Lecture Theatre
On the hunt for Black Holes: what are they, and why should you avoid them?
by Dr. Edward Bloomer Black Holes are amongst the strangest things in the universe, but in some ways they are actually very simple. DETAILS ON HOW TO BOOK FOR THIS EVENT ARE EMAILED TO MEMBERS IN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Time & Location
18 May 2026, 19:15 – 21:00
RMG Lecture Theatre, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF, UK
About the Event
Black Holes are amongst the strangest things in the universe, but in some ways they are actually very simple. How did we get from theory to detection, and what place do they have in the story of the universe?
This talk will introduce the concepts of black holes and how they work, and provide advice for anyone falling into one… and help you understand how the former part makes the latter part completely useless… Time travel and gravitational waves may also be involved.
Dr. Edward Bloomer is one of the Senior Astronomy Managers at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, responsible for running the planetarium amongst other things.
He is the author of the Illuminates: Black Holes, and has a background in gravitational wave data analysis from the Institute of Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow.