The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020

Martin Rees, the British astronomer royal, noted that Penrose triggered a "renaissance" in the study of relativity in the 1960s, and that, together with a young Stephen Hawking, he helped firm up evidence for the Big Bang and black holes. "Penrose and Hawking are the two individuals who have done more than anyone else since …

Black holes: painting the invisible

I decided to post this blog on this historic day (10 april, 2019) as the world has for the first time seen a picture of a "black hole". Source: "Here’s the first image of a black hole" by Brian Heater. As an artist I "painted" such a "black hole" after my meeting with the now …