Note: Nicolas Yunes is a SkAI Activities and Programming Co-Chair for Public Outreach and High School Program
Original URL: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/08/11/new-simons-collaboration-explores-black-holes-and-strong-gravity/
By Thomas Sumner (Simons Foundation, August 11, 2025)
Black holes are some of the most extreme places in the universe. The gravitational pull of these objects is so great that even light can’t escape them. The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Simons Collaboration on Black Holes and Strong Gravity, a multidisciplinary community exploring strong gravity in and beyond Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
“Black holes curve space and time in dramatic ways, and the singularities in their interiors are where our current understanding of nature breaks down,” says Collaboration Director Nicolás Yunes of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “By discovering new signatures of strong gravity when black holes collide and searching for them in gravitational wave data, we can catalyze a radical shift in our understanding of the cosmos.” To read more, see https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/08/11/new-simons-collaboration-explores-black-holes-and-strong-gravity/
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