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A Conversation with the Stars

Dr. Susanna Kohler received her PhD in astrophysics from University of Colorado Boulder in 2014. As a researcher, she studied the structure of the extremely energetic jets flung out from supermassive black holes lurking at the centers of galaxies. Susanna now works to communicate recent astronomy research to the public as the editor of the American Astronomical Societys website AAS Nova. She moonlights on the side as a leader in various science communication initiatives, including ComSciCon, a science communication workshop series for graduate students.

Stranger Than Fiction: What we know about black holes. Youve seen them in books, movies, and TV shows but the truth about black holes can be even stranger than the stories made up about them! How do we spot black holes? What happens when a passing star encounters a black hole? And whats all the fuss about gravitational waves? The American Astronomical Societys Susanna Kohler will answer these questions and more in this overview of what we know about black holes today.