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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*.

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

Oh I see. Send more money!!


41 posted on 09/11/2017 3:12:35 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: ETL
"Japanese astronomers found the new black hole looming in a cloud of gas - 16,4000 feet above sea level in the Andes, northern Chile.

It's hard to believe that Chile beans are THAT powerful.

42 posted on 09/12/2017 4:03:18 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: Kirkwood

OK, thanks.

So the size of this black hole is calculated on the gravitational effects and that’s not the same calculation used to figure out how far away the black hole is from us. I get that.

So yes, I do quibble with the precision discrepancy. I’m curious how scientists can determine how a particular object in space is related to other objects in space that are all 25,000 light years + or - a few hundred (or thousand) light years away from us.

Such precision is astounding, especially considering all the variables to be calculated from presumably hundreds of objects being measured for their gravitational effects.

Our climatologists should be consulting the brilliantly precise astronomers on their methods. Maybe we’ll be better able to predict seasonal weather patterns than we are currently able to do.


43 posted on 09/12/2017 7:01:27 AM PDT by poconopundit (CNN is... Corruption News Neglected)
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