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Scientists detect a black hole swallowing a neutron star
Phys.org ^
| August 19, 2019
| Staff
Posted on 08/19/2019 8:44:11 AM PDT by C19fan
Scientists, including from The Australian National University (ANU), say they have detected a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time.
Neutron stars and black holes are the super-dense remains of dead stars.
On Wednesday 14 August 2019, gravitational-wave discovery machines in the United States and Italy detected ripples in space and time from a cataclysmic event that happened about 8,550 million trillion kilometres away from Earth.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Sports
KEYWORDS: astronomy; australia; gravity; haltonarp; science; space; stars; stringtheory
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Get in my belly!!! What else happens besides the production of gravity waves when a black hole swallows the extremely dense neutron star? Is there a massive explosion and/or release of radiation?
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:44:11 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: C19fan
What happens? A new universe is formed that wipes out the old universe in seconds.
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:47:27 AM PDT
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DannyTN
To: C19fan
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:47:43 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: C19fan
Sounds like me and the turkey on Thanksgiving afternoon...
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:50:52 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: polymuser
“What i like most about the Whoopi...”
Howard Stern
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:52:20 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: C19fan
What else happens besides the production of gravity waves when a black hole swallows the extremely dense neutron star? It ain't pretty................
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:55:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: C19fan
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:56:52 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: C19fan
Dang!
Everything has to be metric.
What ever happened to good ole fashion light years?
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:58:21 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: C19fan
I would think there’d be a huge release of gamma radiation. Woe be unto any planets in its path. Given the distance, I think we’re safe.
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:58:58 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
To: DannyTN
Carole King
“I Feel The Earth Move”
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around
Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can’t stand it
When you look at me that way
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around
Oh, darling, when you’re near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something I just can’t tame
I’ve just got to have you, baby
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get a hot and cold all over
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down,
Tumbling down, tumbling down...
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posted on
08/19/2019 8:59:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: C19fan
My taxes go regularly into the black hole of IRS. The money disappears and I receive no benefits from it.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:00:44 AM PDT
by
entropy12
(Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.)
To: Deaf Smith
Light Years are racist, because they don’t take into account the dark years..........
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:00:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Deaf Smith
The whole world has gone metric.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:01:28 AM PDT
by
entropy12
(Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.)
To: C19fan
You know, I just hate when that happens.
An innocent Neutron Star is minding its own Business and along comes some Black Hole.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:04:08 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
To: Deaf Smith
What ever happened to good ole fashion light years?My crude and quick math would put it at about 903,755,016 light years.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:04:30 AM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
To: C19fan
What an amazing time to be alive. Real science.
To: C19fan
The ANU SkyMapper Telescope responded to the detection alert and scanned the entire likely region of space where the event occurred, but we've not found any visual confirmation Must have gulped it down in one bite.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:15:43 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
To: C19fan
Can’t they put that in light years?
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:24:07 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: DannyTN
“Scientists detect a black hole swallowing ....”
I kinda expected a photo of hussein44 and Reggie Love...
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:26:19 AM PDT
by
newfreep
("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
To: C19fan
I saw a leprechaun and a unicorn arguing over a parking spot once.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:26:35 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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