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Going Beyond Einstein: Spacetime Wave Orbits Black Hole
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ^
| January 10, 2005
Posted on 01/14/2005 6:18:08 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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| Astronomers have discovered evidence for physics beyond Einstein's general relativity. This artist's conception shows a galactic black hole being orbited by a ripple in spacetime--a distortion in the fabric of space itself. Credit: Dana Berry (CfA/NASA). |
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| This artist's conception shows the binary system GRS1915+105, which shows evidence for a wave of spacetime in its accretion disk. A 10 solar mass black hole at the center of the disk pulls gas from a nearby companion star. The gas spiraling into the black hole heats so much that it emits X-ray radiation. Credit: Dana Berry (CfA/NASA). |
To: snarks_when_bored
These observations confirm one important theory about how a black hole's extreme gravity can stretch light.Like, EXTREME gravity, dude! COWABUNGA!
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01/14/2005 6:20:16 PM PST
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Poohbah
(God must love fools. He makes so many of them...)
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posted on
01/14/2005 6:21:08 PM PST
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PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: snarks_when_bored
Einstein is very overrated.
To: snarks_when_bored
Here is what happens...
Big Bang, followed by expansion...
formation of stars, planets, moons and Black Holes...
one Black Hole finally sucks in every other one and...
Big Bang again.
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posted on
01/14/2005 6:23:12 PM PST
by
Nitro
To: Red Sea Swimmer
Einstein is very overrated.We should all be so over-rated.
To: snarks_when_bored
Ooops. Your thread got moved to chat.
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01/14/2005 6:30:21 PM PST
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PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: PatrickHenry
(laughing) Check your FReepmail!
To: snarks_when_bored
Welcome to the chat forum, home of lively threads ...
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01/14/2005 6:36:14 PM PST
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PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: PatrickHenry
Dang...roadkill on the information superhighway!
To: PatrickHenry
BTW, I especially enjoyed this part:
"High-frequency QPOs are likely from matter racing around the black hole, glowing like lightbulbs on a merry-go-round," said Homan. "Of course, matter is moving much faster around a black hole than on any amusement park attraction. We see frequencies of hundreds of hertz, or hundreds of revolutions of the disk per second. That's quite a ride."
Hundreds of revolutions of the disk per second. When you figure that the disk probably has a diameter of several tens (or perhaps even hundreds) of miles, the imagination starts to struggle.
To: Red Sea Swimmer
Einstein is very overrated. Perhaps, just how many new physics theorems have you submitted for worldwide scrutiny by the finest minds? I am sure your legacy will far surpass Alberts, inspiring many for centuries to come.
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posted on
01/14/2005 6:43:14 PM PST
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BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
To: snarks_when_bored
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posted on
01/14/2005 6:47:29 PM PST
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mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: mhking
To: Red Sea Swimmer
A couple thousand years from now only two legendary American names of our era will be common knowledge: the first will be George Washington, and the other will be Albert Einstein.*
Just wait and see!!
* Einstein became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
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01/14/2005 7:01:27 PM PST
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AntiGuv
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To: BipolarBob
Gee thanks. We'll see what happens over the next few months and years and you just may be proven correct. not that I'm realy interested in fame.
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