58: Astronomical Pancake Theory
from syzygy Hosted by Chris Stewart
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May 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 talked about in this episode: The Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Pancake day, a.k.a Shrove Tuesday Angular Momentum and ice skating Saturn and its rings Evolution of the Solar System Planetary disks around other stars Galaxy formation and density waves Photo of a black hole (see also Syzygy episode 35) Accretion disk
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For Pancake Day (mmmmm, pancakes) we celebrate all the pancake-y things in the Universe, from Saturn's rings to planetary systems, from spiral galaxies to black hole accretion discs. It's no coincidence flat, round, spinny things are common in the cosmos — it's physics, innit!
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