The Latest from the BHI
Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2024: The BHI’s Own Priya Natarajan
Shep Doeleman | TimeApril 17, 2024 For astronomers, seeing evidence in the sky of something predicted from pure theory brings with it a special joy. A burst of excitement as a puzzle piece falls into place. In November, a novel approach developed years ago by Priyamvada Natarajan brought us closer to understanding a basic mystery in astronomy: […]
Read AnnouncementWorkshop: Bridging Scales in the Black Hole Accretion-Feedback Problem
Bridging Scales in the Black Hole Accretion-Feedback Problem
Read About the EventPhysicist Netta Engelhardt is searching black holes for universal truths
Jennifer Chu | MIT NewsApril 9, 2024 As Netta Engelhardt sees it, secrets never die. Not even in a black hole. Engelhardt is a theoretical physicist at MIT who is teasing out the convoluted physics in and around black holes, in search of the fundamental ingredients that shape our universe. In the process, she’s upending popular ideas […]
Read ArticleAstronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
CfA astronomers led two new EHT studies that have produced the first polarized light image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Read Press ReleaseSave The Date: 10.18.24 – Inaugural BHI Hawking Lecture Speaker: Kip Thorne
We are please to announce our Inaugural BHI Hawking Lecture with guest speaker Kip Thorne. The event will take place on October 18, 2024. More details forthcoming
Read MoreUNIFYING NATURE’S LAWS: THE STATE OF STRING THEORY
BHI’s Prof. Andrew Strominger participates in an event of the “Big Ideas Series”, which is supported in part by the John Templeton Foundation. Details can be found here:
Read MoreBeyond the Horizon. Join us for the 6th Annual Black Hole Initiative Conference.
May 17-19, 2023
Sheraton Commander Hotel, Cambridge, MA USA
Crossing the horizons of Black Hole Studies from the perspective of Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, and History of Science. Featuring: Alejandro Castro, Andrew Cristofoli, Andrea Puhm, Andrew MacFayden, Ann C. Thresher, Caitlin Witt, Chris Akers, Daniel Harlow, Elena Giorgi, Eleni Kontou, Erin Kara, Jan Sbierski, Jeremy Butterfield, Jessica Lu, Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Laura Cadonati, Lorenzo Sironi, Lynn Grimwell, Michael Johnson, Natalie Paquette, Roland Bittleston, Smander Naoz, Suvi Gezari, Vijay Balasubramanian, and more!