Outreach news
Black Hole Finder App update!
Thanks to the great success of our black hole finder app it is now also accessible in Spanish, German, Chinese, Bengali, Polish, and Italian - thereby greatly increasing the number of people who can access the citizen science app in their native language. Go search for black holes with us!
Our PhD Jildou Hollander about doing outreach
Explaining your work to the public is an important and sometimes underrated job amongst scientist. However, we think inspiring new generations and justifying the use of public money is of increased importance!
Teylers medal for PD Emilie Skulberg
Our postdoc Emilie Skulberg has been awarded the Teylers medal for her historical research into visual traditions in astronomy, especially in the work of the Event Horizon Telescope: how to visualise a black hole from raw data? ("seeing = believing"?)
Film "Spacetime" on screen!
Together with the opening of the Einstein Telescope Education Center (ETEC) we had a first viewing of our 3D inverted dome film "Spacetime". It will be on screen for another three years (!) in Discovery museum Kerkrade. More info below!
NWA impact workshop
We had a wonderful NWA workshop day in Leiden, to check if our project is on track and measure our societal impact trough our outreach and education programmes. Very interesting also to learn from other (biology) consortia how they approach their impact pathways.
Our magazine is out!
Together with New Scientist, Museum Boerhaave, Discovery Museum, Nikhef and the Einstein Telescope team we now have a magazine about our research at black holes and (their) gravitational waves. Meet our team members via various interviews - PDF link below!
Opening of our museum exhibition 'Closer to the Black Hole'!
From March 21 our exhibition Closer to the Black Hole will be open for public (until January 2025). Read more about it and book tickets via the button below.
Black Hole Finder App at NPO
Stefan Vandoren gives an interview on the Dutch NPO Radio 1 show about our new black hole finder app. Watch and listen to the interview via the link below!
Search for black holes together with us!
Peter Jonker and his team launched the 'Black Hole Finder app', to search for new black holes together with the public. Read more about it and download the application via the link below.
In depth articles
We now published a selection of populair science articles about recent discoveries in the field of black holes. Please read more about it via the button below. Enjoy!
Stefan about "The attraction of black holes"...
Read a recent NWO interview with project leader Stefan Vandoren below, and learn more about what we do and why we do it!
Gravitational waves in the classroom
We are working together with the Hogeschool Utrecht, educating physics school teachers on how to implement knowledge about gravitational waves in their classrooms. Read more about it below (in Dutch).
Below an article (also in Dutch) by our colleague Marijn van Nijhuis about "gravitational waves in the classroom" (Van Nijhuis, M.J. & Thurlings, A. Gravitatiegolven in de klas. Recente natuurkunde met eenvoudige middelen. NVOX 45(3). 158-159)
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