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Stellar tides with Prof Don Kurtz & Dr Simon Murphy (181)
Season 3 · Episode 10

Stellar tides with Prof Don Kurtz & Dr Simon Murphy (181)

Shirtloads of Science · Karl Kruszelnicki

April 12, 202019m 14s

Show Notes

To study the stars, look to the ocean. Water ebbs and flows under the influence of gravity. Astronomers see tides in moons, stars and around black holes. Dr Karl talks with two astrophysicists who recently measured a bulging star with earth-like tides.