Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way moves just as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity. Its orbit is shaped like a rosette and not like an ellipse as predicted by Newton's theory of gravity.
"Einstein's General Relativity predicts that bound orbits of one object around another are not closed, as in Newtonian Gravity, but precess forwards in the plane of motion. This famous effect -- first seen in the orbit of the planet Mercury around the Sun -- was the first evidence in favour of General Relativity. One hundred years later we have now detected the same effect in the motion of a star orbiting the compact radio source Sagittarius A* at the centre of the Milky Way.
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Viral Twitter post shows Hollywood releases the same movies twice a year - Dublin's FM104
The bizarre fan theory, which was shared by user @KrisTosAplSauce, has shown a trend in Hollywood that sees movies with EXTREMELY similar storylines released in the exact same year.
The user writes "It's always hilarious when Hollywood makes the exact same movie in the same year (a thread)."
The first example given is Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and No Strings Attached, starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Both films were released in 2011 and both tell the story of two people who start a sexual relationship with a promise of keeping things strictly physical. In both cases, things become complicated when feelings get involved.
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An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result of this intriguing visual experiment, carried out by a Spanish neuropsychologist, calls into question the application of artificial intelligence to the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI).
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Very #LargeTelescope sees star dance around #supermassiveblackhole, proves Einstein right @AandA_journal https://t.co/J4V32gtp8K physorg_com Thu Apr 16 07:54:55 +0000 2020
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