“‘Draw me a black hole!’ What did ‘Draw me a black hole’ mean? It meant making the first digital simulation that had never been done before,” says Jean-Pierre Luminet, the creator of the first image of a black hole, honored head of research at CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), France.
Jean-Pierre Luminet considers it fundamentally important to bring unique, sometimes paradoxical scientific knowledge to a wide audience. He emphasizes that science occupies a fundamental place in the modern world, and its proper understanding is one of the main tasks.
We invite you to immerse yourselves in the world of astrophysics and join us in studying extremely exotic objects ― black holes.
In this interview, you will learn:
⚫️ What were the difficulties in creating the first visualization of a black hole, and what are its features consistent with recent observations?
⚫️ Are tidal disruption events always associated with black holes?
⚫️ In Mr. Luminet’s opinion, what happens to information that gets into black holes?
⚫️ What is the fundamental difference between supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies and stellar black holes?
⚫️ What is the future of black hole science?
⚫️ What benefits will a better understanding of the true nature of black holes bring to humanity?