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For the past five years, Pasham has looked for tidal disruption events that are bright enough, and near enough, to quickly follow up and track for signs of Lense-Thirring precession.

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Radio waves are beamed in and synchronize the precessions of the spins, temporarily flipping some of them.

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In ancient times before Earth’s precession shifted the stars toward the south, the stars of Crux were visible from Europe.

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Among other things, it was Hipparchus himself who first discovered Earth’s precession, and he modelled the apparent motions of the Sun and Moon.

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Hard to nitpick a team playing with the poise and precession of a Super Bowl contender.

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