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Radio telescopes capture best-ever snapshot of black hole jets
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ^
| May 20, 2011
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Posted on 05/20/2011 3:41:54 PM PDT by decimon
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Caption: Merging X-ray data (blue) from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with microwave (orange) and visible images reveals the jets and radio-emitting lobes emanating from Centaurus A's central black hole.
Credit: ESO/WFI (visible); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (microwave); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:41:59 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:42:52 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
black hole That's racist. ;-)
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:44:39 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
To: decimon
"When you're a Jet you stay a Jet."
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:50:12 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(We will fight for America and it starts here in Madison, WI. It starts here. It starts now.)
To: decimon
The Jets have been in a black hole for a while now.
To: decimon
Bet it feels a lot better now. I know I do after releasing a gas jet.
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:52:29 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: decimon
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:53:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
African-American hole....
Nah, it just doesn't have a ring to it.
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posted on
05/20/2011 3:59:33 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: cripplecreek
Bet it feels a lot better now. I know I do after releasing a gas jet.And how many light-years do yours travel?
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:01:01 PM PDT
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decimon
To: JoeProBono
Alpha transparency fail.
:->
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:01:37 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: decimon; KevinDavis
cool
black hole farting... lol
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:15:25 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: mnehring
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:16:53 PM PDT
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:19:07 PM PDT
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ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: All
What happens at The Black Hole stays at The Black Hole.
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:19:36 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Me and OJ are going to find the real birth certificate.)
To: JoeProBono
KIRK: "Scotty, that galaxy is spewing jets ... get us out of here!"
SCOTTY: "Sorry Captain, the imminations from that galaxy are damping down my anti-matter coils. Just hold your nose, Captain, and root for the Giants this year."
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05/20/2011 4:20:11 PM PDT
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MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: ApplegateRanch
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:28:54 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Another confirmation that there is a God. Amazing!
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posted on
05/20/2011 4:32:26 PM PDT
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BelleAl
(Proud to be a member of the party of NO! NO more deficit spending and government control!)
To: decimon
“Radio-emitting features as small as 15 light-days can be seen, making this the highest-resolution view of galactic jets ever made.”
Light days, light years, and light beer all go together!
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posted on
05/20/2011 5:08:46 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: BelleAl
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posted on
05/20/2011 5:32:42 PM PDT
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BigCinBigD
(Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Light days, light years, and light beer all go together!
Yeah, they're all about distance, with light beer being related to the distance to the bathroom.
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05/20/2011 5:44:36 PM PDT
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adorno
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