This weekend, Exhibition Road in London will close to traffic for the Great Exhibition Road Festival, featuring free events from renowned institutions like Imperial College London (ICL). Researchers Mariana Carrillo Gonzalez and Rita Ahmadi will present captivating topics about the universe's strangest elements, such as black holes and quantum physics. Gonzalez explains the paradox of black holes, emphasizing our inability to observe them directly. Ahmadi adds complexity with quantum particles, which exist in superposition and alter upon observation, illustrating the bizarre behaviors that defy classical physics expectations.
Black holes are regions of space where matter has collapsed in on itself, meaning they have such strong gravity that not even light can escape them.
Quantum particles have behaviours that are different from classical physics; they can exist in multiple states at once, complicating their observation.
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