How fast does the Sun orbit the Milky Way? | Brian May's Astrophysics Thesis on Solar System Dust

This week I sat down and read Dr Brian May's (from Queen) astrophysics thesis all about dust in the plane of the Solar System. You can usually see the glow from this dust just before sunrise and just after sunset. Watch to find out how Brian May spent years studying this dust before his success with Queen, and how he came back to it in 2006 to finish off his research and find evidence for how fast the Sun is orbiting around the Milky Way. @Brian May Official

Brian May's Thesis is available online here: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/295744.pdf

Song clips used:
Under Pressure [Live at Wembley] - 00:53 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCTgtDU-74
We Are The Champions - 01:43 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY
Another One Bites The Dust - 03:19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
Don’t Stop Me Now - 04:08, 15:53 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM
Bohemian Rhapsody - 06:50 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
Somebody to Love - 08:02 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijpcUv-b8M
It’s a Kind of Magic - 10:19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_1QSUsbsM
Killer Queen [Top of the Pops] - 13:50 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM
I Want It All - 17:50 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE

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👩🏽‍💻 Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford.
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