Black Holes | with Heino Falcke

What is behind a black hole? What do they look like? And how on Earth do you take a picture of one? In today’s episode, Jara faces one of her childhood fears, namely being sucked into the darkest mystery of the universe – the black hole. How likely is Earth to disappear behind the universe’s final curtain? What would that mean? And what actually is this dreaded black hole, to begin with? Luckily, her guest Heino Falcke has the answers. Heino is a Professor of Astroparticle Physics and Radio Astronomy at the Institute for Mathematics, Astronomy, and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Faculty of Science. Together with his team, Heino was the first one to take a picture of a black hole.If you want to learn more about black holes, follow Heino’s tip and read his book “Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us”. Edit: Jara Majerus Cover: Antonia Leise