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World Science Festival Brisbane Ultimate Cosmic Heavyweights The Darkest Mysteries of the Universe
29 Mar 2025, 2pm
Theatre, Level 2, Queensland Museum Kurilpa, Brisbane
1 hour
(no interval, subject to change without notice)
$25
0194b93f-f43c-adff-3d59-41b431b3b5f9 Ultimate Cosmic Heavyweights World Science Festival Brisbane Festival World Science Festival Brisbane Ultimate Cosmic Heavyweights The Darkest Mysteries of the Universe
29 Mar 2025, 2pm
Theatre, Level 2, Queensland Museum Kurilpa, Brisbane
Overview
Black holes are the universe’s ultimate heavyweights — immense, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. Two renowned Australian science communicators, Dr. Kirsten Banks and Dr. Sara Webb team up to unravel the mysteries of the ultimate cosmic heavyweights: black holes.
Take a journey through space and time as Kirsten and Sara explore how black holes are born in fiery stellar deaths, how they grow into supermassive monsters at the hearts of galaxies, and what we know about their ultimate fates.
With their combined expertise and infectious enthusiasm, Kirsten and Sara will bring black holes to life with jaw-dropping visualizations of the universe and the cutting-edge science behind them, the mysteries of event horizons, and the latest breakthroughs in astrophysics.
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