CSI Gravity: Investigating Mysteries of Fundamental Physics with Black Holes

Dr. Helvi Witek, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics, UIUC
Black holes are among the most exciting predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity, composed of the fabric of spacetime itself. Observations of black holes offer unique access to extreme gravity, and they enable us to investigate long-standing puzzles in fundamental physics ranging from dark matter to the very nature of gravity itself.