Benjamin Thompson

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746 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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Is there anything else that could produce that signal which could explain what you've seen?

So you've put forward your evidence then that it is a star.

What do you not know about it?

Yeah, my goodness.

And what else from a research perspective would help you home in on what's going on?

And so your paper is out now with the evidence that S three hundred one is whipping around this black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

How long do you think it would take to work out how much the black hole is spinning?

You don't put forward any estimates in your paper, is this just step one?

So when the time comes that you've amassed enough data that you can put a spin on this black hole, what could this information be used for?

One of the things

I think several stories we've covered have looked to test Einstein's theory of general relativity and thus far it's come through unscathed.

It's a pretty good theory, yes.

Well, more broadly, what could knowing the spin teach us about the broader universe, do you think?

That was Stefan Gillerson from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.

To read his paper, head over to the show notes for a link.

And that's all for this week.

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I'm Benjamin Thompson and I'm Nick

Hi listeners, Benjamin here.

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