03-21-2018, 03:08 AM
Hilo Astronomer Devin Chu was quoted in an article about Stephen Hawking. While not a discovery their work is closely linked.
The black hole radiation that Hawking tripped over transformed the study of physics. "I remember learning about Hawking radiation while taking classes in undergraduate astronomy," says Devin Chu, an astronomy graduate student at UCLA. "At the time I didn't have any plans to study environments around black holes, and as I continued my studies in the field, I began to realize more about his contributions."
Chu is now leading a project to observe a star as it passes very close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy to determine if the gravitational influence on the star matches the theory of relativity. "To this day, I think I can still do a better job appreciating the crucial work he did for black hole astrophysics," Chu says of Hawking.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/d...n-hawking/
The black hole radiation that Hawking tripped over transformed the study of physics. "I remember learning about Hawking radiation while taking classes in undergraduate astronomy," says Devin Chu, an astronomy graduate student at UCLA. "At the time I didn't have any plans to study environments around black holes, and as I continued my studies in the field, I began to realize more about his contributions."
Chu is now leading a project to observe a star as it passes very close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy to determine if the gravitational influence on the star matches the theory of relativity. "To this day, I think I can still do a better job appreciating the crucial work he did for black hole astrophysics," Chu says of Hawking.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/d...n-hawking/