Podcast appearances and mentions of Meg Urry

On this installment of Radio Physics, a conversation with Meg Urry, the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. She arrived at Yale in 2001 as the first woman with a tenured position in the Yale Physics Department, and the only woman in the Department at that time. Her scientific research focuses on active galaxies, that is, galaxies with unusually luminous cores, which host accreting supermassive black holes in their centers. Radio Physics is a collaboration with the Aspen Center for Physics, KDNK Radio, and advanced physics students at Roaring Fork Valley High School. This interview was recorded earlier in 2018 during the teen summer program .

Meg Urry is the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, the former President of the American Astronomical Society, and also the Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics at Yale University.

Professor Meg Urry is the President of the American Astronomical Society, and was the Chair of the Physics Department at Yale from 2007 to 2013. Professor Urry also actively works at increasing the number of women in the physical sciences. We learn from Prof. Urry how sometimes it's good to work stage-to-stage, step-by-step, towards your goals. She also talks about how being pregnant can be empowering! And… Check out The Strong Women's Mastermind! Joining one of these groups will be no less than life-changing for anybody who is committed to the journey. Plus, you'll have a group of women you can lean on and trust from all over the world. Get more info and check out the introductory offer at www.thestrongwomensclub.com/mastermind Thank you for listening! Have a really great day, And stay strong! Edie

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Supermassive black holes, containing as much mass as millions or billions of suns, exist at the centre of all galaxies, including our own Milky Way. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, CC BY-SABlack holes are incredibly strange phenomena: a collapsed star packed into a tiny region of space. Their gravitational force is so strong that not even light can escape. So it is not surprising that, for a long time, black holes were not thought to actually exist – they were only a theoretical possibility. But today, not only do we realise that black holes are relatively common in the universe, we also know that there are black holes lurking in the centre of all galaxies – including our own Milky Way Galaxy. These black holes, called supermassive black holes, can pack the mass of millions or billions of suns into a region smaller than our solar system. Tanya Hill spoke to Meg Urry, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University and currently the President of the American Astronomical Society, about distant galaxies and the supermassive black holes that can be found in their centre. This podcast includes excerpts from Museum Victoria’s Black Holes: Journey into the Unknown, narrated by Geoffrey Rush. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes, or follow on Tunein Radio. Music: Free Music Archive/Kai Engel - The Scope Additional audio: Museum Victoria, Fox News (US), BBC Worldwide, Sky News (Australia) Tanya Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Director, Yale Center of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Yale University. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28798]

Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Director, Yale Center of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Yale University. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28798]

Yale professors Charles Bailyn and Meg Urry talk about the mysterious world of black holes. Predicted by Einstein’s theories, their existence was only confirmed observationally in the early 1980s. Professors Bailyn and Urry begin with a description of the two types of black hole – stellar and supermassive – and explain how astronomers look for and investigate objects that by their nature emit no observable radiation of any kind. This investigation uses both ground-based telescopes, such as the SMARTS telescope system in Chile, as well as space-based telescopes such as NASA’s Fermi Gamma Ray telescope. The discussion then turns to current research at Yale that furthers our understanding of these powerful objects, how they affect the stars and galaxies around them, and what they tell us about the nature of the Universe.