Physics and Astronomy Colloquia Series: Black Holes Exist, No…Really! The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel for their work helping us understand and locate black holes.

What is a black hole? How do we know they exist? And what did each of these physicists contribute to our current understanding? And what the heck is a Nobel Prize, anyway?

We will explore these questions and more.