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Radio telescopes capture best-ever snapshot of black hole jets
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ^ | May 20, 2011 | Unknown

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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1 posted on 05/20/2011 3:41:59 PM PDT by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Cen A and the jets ping.


2 posted on 05/20/2011 3:42:52 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon
black hole

That's racist. ;-)

3 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!!!)
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To: decimon

"When you're a Jet you stay a Jet."

4 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.)
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To: decimon

The Jets have been in a black hole for a while now.


5 posted on 05/20/2011 3:51:27 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: decimon

Bet it feels a lot better now. I know I do after releasing a gas jet.


6 posted on 05/20/2011 3:52:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: decimon


7 posted on 05/20/2011 3:53:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
African-American hole....

Nah, it just doesn't have a ring to it.

8 posted on 05/20/2011 3:59:33 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Bet it feels a lot better now. I know I do after releasing a gas jet.

And how many light-years do yours travel?

9 posted on 05/20/2011 4:01:01 PM PDT by decimon
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To: JoeProBono

Alpha transparency fail.
:->


10 posted on 05/20/2011 4:01:37 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: decimon; KevinDavis

cool

black hole farting... lol


11 posted on 05/20/2011 4:15:25 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: mnehring

LOL!


12 posted on 05/20/2011 4:16:53 PM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv
Cen A and the jets ping.

There's more to it than mere jets! It's broadcasting a hologram of the Squire of Gothos!

13 posted on 05/20/2011 4:19:07 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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What happens at The Black Hole stays at The Black Hole.


14 posted on 05/20/2011 4:19:36 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Me and OJ are going to find the real birth certificate.)
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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."

15 posted on 05/20/2011 4:20:11 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: ApplegateRanch


16 posted on 05/20/2011 4:28:54 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Another confirmation that there is a God. Amazing!


17 posted on 05/20/2011 4:32:26 PM PDT by BelleAl (Proud to be a member of the party of NO! NO more deficit spending and government control!)
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“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!


18 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!)
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To: BelleAl

Really.


19 posted on 05/20/2011 5:32:42 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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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.
20 posted on 05/20/2011 5:44:36 PM PDT by adorno
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