Ever wonder what it would feel like to be sucked into a black hole? Audience members will have the chance to fall into an artificial black hole and participate in other activities at the Saturday, June 14, CU Wizards show "Black Holes."
Professor Andrew Hamilton of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department will demonstrate the concepts of black holes in CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium during a one-hour program starting at 9:30 a.m.
The CU Wizards show will feature an artificial black hole where volunteer kids from the audience will leap off a treadmill onto a crash mat to illustrate falling into a black hole. They also will learn why nothing can get out of a black hole and what would actually happen to a person who fell into a black hole.
CU Wizards is a monthly series offered from September to June that introduces kids to topics in astronomy, chemistry and physics. Though intended primarily for students in grades five through nine, the shows are educational and entertaining to people of any age.
The audience also will make tornadoes on stage during the show and light the fuse of a gravity-powered jet. Hamilton said the session will be taped, so audience members can watch themselves jumping into the artificial black hole.
Attendees can park for free in campus lot 308, just west of the planetarium.
"Black Holes" is the final presentation of the 2002-03 CU Wizards series.
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