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Episode 16: Einstein at the Heart of the Galaxy
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Aug 10, 2018
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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPodOr just visit us at home: syzygy.fmEmily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/Chris online: kipstewart.com———————————Some of the things we talk about in this episode:TESS update: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/Paper about the stars at the galactic core: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2018/07/aa33718-18/aa33718-18.htmlArticle about the research: https://www.universetoday.com/139701/einstein-was-right-again-successful-test-of-general-relativity-near-a-supermassive-black-hole/Video about the research: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1825a/Video of the orbiting stars: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8THY5spmoEinstein’s General Theory of Relativity: https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/instant-expert-general-relativity/The Very Large Telescope: http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/telescopes/vlti.htmlA visit to the VLT: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXIA5r9r29ITests of General Relativity: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity
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Aug 10, 2018
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