Roger Penrose won the Nobel Prize for showing that black holes are an almost-unavoidable prediction of classical general relativity. Let's take a peek into what that entailed. 1/n
This aside got the biggest response of the whole thread, but it’s really not that mind-blowing! Just a funny wrinkle of how coordinates work in general relativity. 1/ https://t.co/gsMQU3hRBA
The discombobulated ants at the center of the “ant mill” in the tweet below remind me of the phase-randomized core of a “spiral chimera” (as discussed here: https://t.co/vwzjdoVpme). In both cases, coherent rotating spiral arms surround an incoherent core. https://t.co/LgvLQjlLd6pic.twitter.com/0ihKeYgz06
ON THIS DAY in hockey history (October 6, 1982): The Nordiques debut a line featuring the three Stastny brothers, with the oldest Marian joining Peter and Anton after coming over from Czechoslovakia. The line combines for 4 goals/4 assists in a 6-4 win #VintageHockey#NHLpic.twitter.com/psSW6wZwBa
This video is essentially why the Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way got the #NobelPrize today: They tracked *individual* stars orbit around the black hole over time. Animation from here: https://t.co/yoJ5nd0QsTpic.twitter.com/EGQhOQIZhg
