72: Nobel Black Holes

Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store.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.On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypodThings we talk about in this episode:As of 2020, 57 women have won a Nobel Prize (Marie Curie got two — Physics and Chemistry!) That’s 57 — compared to 870 men and 25 organisations. We should celebrate those who have won, and try harder to recognise, encourage and reward women across the sciences — and all facets of human endeavour.Female Nobel LaureatesThe 2020 Nobel Prize announcement videoThe Nobel Foundation’s 2020 Physics Prize pageThe Physics Nobel Prize since 1901A short history of black holesMinute Physics video series on Special RelativityRoyal Institution video introduction to General RelativitySchwarzschild and his radiusQuasars and AGNRoger Penrose Penrose tilingMC EscherEscher’s impossible constructionsStar S2 orbiting the black hole at super speedESO video of S2’s orbitAndrea Ghez’s experimentReinhard GenzelSagittarius A*Speckle imagingActive and Adaptive OpticsAn article on quantum gravity