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Massive black hole 100,000 times bigger than the Sun discovered
The Sun, via FoxNews.com/Science ^ | September 08, 2017 | Aletha Adu

Posted on 09/11/2017 8:29:48 AM PDT by ETL

An immense black hole 100,000 times bigger than the sun has been discovered at the heart of the Milky Way.

The enormous void, which lies around 25,000 light years from Earth, could help scientists uncover the how stars, galaxies and even life itself came to be in the universe. ..."

According to reports, this newly-discovered black hole could rank as the second largest ever seen in the Milky Way.

Despite its immense size, scientists have called it a "mini me" version of its super-massive "cousin" known as Sagittitarius A*.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: blackholes; eventhorizon; milkyway; sagittitariusa
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To: jmaroneps37

21 posted on 09/11/2017 9:13:09 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: bagman

26 light years would be the distance of the relatively nearby star Vega, ‘star’ of the film Contact with Jodie Foster.

I think that was why the figure was stuck in my head. I used to mention Vega in my sidewalk astronomy sessions here in New York City a few years back, Vega being one of the brighter stars in the sky, and easily visible even here in light-polluted NYC. It’s part of the Summer Triangle with Deneb and Altair.

“Arroway discovers a signal repeating a sequence of prime numbers, apparently sent from the star system Vega some 26 light-years away. This announcement causes Drumlin and the National Security Council led by Michael Kitz to attempt to take control of the facility.

Arroway’s team then discover a video buried in the signal: Adolf Hitler’s opening address at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Arroway and her team postulate that this would have been the first television signal strong enough to leave Earth’s atmosphere, taking 26 years to reach Vega and then transmitted back from there.”—wikipedia


22 posted on 09/11/2017 9:21:04 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: Enchante
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23 posted on 09/11/2017 9:31:42 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: poconopundit

I think you mean precision and not accuracy. Accuracy is a moot issue. The precision comes from calculation of the gravitational effect of the black hole on surrounding stars. You could argue the precision is too significant, but as long as the methodology is stated in the paper and everyone s on board with the method, it becomes an acceptable estimate. You could also formulate your own methodology and publish your results, which is how science is supposed to work.


24 posted on 09/11/2017 9:33:17 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: ETL

Shep Smith is aroused.


25 posted on 09/11/2017 9:47:14 AM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: ETL

I’m gonna fire up the old star cruiser and go out there and tee one off for a hole in one.

I’ll probably get sucked into some kind of alternate reality, but I’ll have a hole in one.


26 posted on 09/11/2017 9:49:32 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Charles Henrickson

Where does a black hole go?


27 posted on 09/11/2017 9:55:44 AM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: bar sin·is·ter

Uranus?


28 posted on 09/11/2017 10:18:58 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: ETL

packing my bag


29 posted on 09/11/2017 10:19:41 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: wildbill

it doesn’t go, it sucks


30 posted on 09/11/2017 10:20:04 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: ETL

Yikes! Enough with the creepy Sulu pics, please. <\shivers>


31 posted on 09/11/2017 10:21:37 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnum44

Sulu has gone where many men have gone before.


32 posted on 09/11/2017 10:24:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

That pic is mental torture on the order of Helen Thomas pics...


33 posted on 09/11/2017 10:27:32 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: dfwgator

On multiple occasions.


34 posted on 09/11/2017 10:28:02 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: bar sin·is·ter

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35 posted on 09/11/2017 10:28:06 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: wildbill

“Where does a black hole go?”

To Walmart with his EBT card.


36 posted on 09/11/2017 10:30:32 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: avenir

Guess we should stop studying the stars then :)

Should have stuck with the flat earth theory too.

Or earth is the center of the universe :)


37 posted on 09/11/2017 10:37:49 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: reviled downesdad

Amen.


38 posted on 09/11/2017 11:42:41 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: ETL

Whole point of a 100,000 Sun’s mass black hole is that 1 to 10 million solar mass black holes are common in comparison. Something happens such that the smaller version are only a short transient phase. WHY?


39 posted on 09/11/2017 12:24:20 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom

Re: Massive black hole 100,000 times bigger than the Sun discovered

Bigger is supposed to refer to volume. It does not necessarily equate to more massive.


40 posted on 09/11/2017 12:31:54 PM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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