35: THAT Black Hole Image
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Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Black Hole Image press conference (NSF, USA) Event Horizon Telescope How To Understand the Image of a Black Hole, by Veritasium … and explainer afterwards M87 Galaxy and its jet Katie Bouman is all of us Katie Bouman’s TED talk Interstellar’s black hole Doppler beaming Black hole history Rotating black holes (more Veritasium, what is it with this guy) Pale Blue Dot
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We took an image of a Black Hole! OK, we know, we know — we're a little late to the party. But we go in deep on this acclaimed image from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, to find out what this weird donut thing is all about, why it's NOT an image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own galaxy as was widely expected, why the donut seems a bit lopsided, and conclude that this is indeed a first-class addition to the long list of truly iconic astronomical imagery.
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