20: Photo of a Black Hole

Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypodSyzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypodThings we talk about in this episode:SYZYGY LIVE! Podcast recording at YorNight 2018 https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/Fermi’s new constellations for the high-energy sky: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/Imaging the SMBH at the centre of the Milky Way: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/magazine/how-do-you-take-a-picture-of-a-black-hole-with-a-telescope-as-big-as-the-earth.htmlEvent Horizon Telescope: https://eventhorizontelescope.orgEmily’s Astrocampus at the Uni of York : https://eventhorizontelescope.orgSagittarius A*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*Star S2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2_(star)A truck-full of data: https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/The Black Hole (movie): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1002497_black_holeInterstellar (movie): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/interstellar_2014The physics of the Interstellar black hole: https://www.wired.com/2014/10/astrophysics-interstellar-black-hole/Gravitational lensing: https://www.spacetelescope.org/science/gravitational_lensing/Pale Blue Dot: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/536/pale-blue-dot/Carl Sagan on the Pale Blue Dot image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g