Talk: Gravitational Waves and Black Holes

Name: Talk: Gravitational Waves and Black Holes
Start: 2026-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-01T13:00:00.000Z
Location: ETH Zürich, Hauptgebäude

Prof. Michele Vallisneri explores gravitational waves, black holes and what they reveal about the universe.

Date

Sunday 1 November

13:00 – 14:00

Venue

ETH Zürich, Hauptgebäude

Rämistrasse 101, Zürich · Kreis 1

ETH/Universitätsspital · Tram 6, 9, 10

Price

Free

Language

English

No German needed

About

A public lecture on gravitational waves – ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein over a century ago but only directly detected in 2015. Prof. Michele Vallisneri, gravitational physicist at ETH Zurich, discusses what happens when black holes merge, how ripples across billions of light-years can be measured, and how gravitational waves reshape our understanding of the universe. Held in English.

Organiser · ETH Zürich

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