Episode
Dr. Ranadeep Dastidar -- Astrophysics at the Speed of Light
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- The Astrophysics Podcast
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- Jul 1, 2026
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- 4016
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Summary
The Theory of Relativity was discovered by Einstein over a century ago, and it tells us how time and space are distorted when moving close to the speed of light. We mere earthlings don't get the opportunity to move that fast, but there are some phenomena in astrophysics that move very fast; more than 99.9999% of the speed of light. Ranadeep Dastidar is a computational modeler who writes code to predict and interpret these "relativistic" phenomena.