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Posted on 04/05/2017 2:06:13 PM PDT by Red Badger
If Avery Broderick’s wishes come true, the next 10 days will bring something new to humanity’s view of the universe. For the first time, the University of Waterloo physicist says, there could be “visceral, direct evidence that there are monsters in the night.”
The monsters Dr. Broderick has in mind are supermassive black holes: terrifying giants that lurk in the hearts of galaxies, including our own, where they can devour stars and interstellar gas like cosmic vacuum cleaners.
Fortunately, Earth is in no danger of encountering such a lethal entity. The nearest one is at least 25,000 light years away from our solar system’s quiet celestial suburb. But astronomers have long known that something very dark and heavy is sitting at the galactic centre. Indirect evidence points to a black hole that is more than 30 times the sun’s diameter and a staggering 4.3 million times the sun’s mass. The extreme gravity of such a dense object would be enough to trap light as well as matter. Falling into it would be a one-way trip, even for a laser beam. (Hence the term “black hole.”)
Now, a team of scientists, including Dr. Broderick, is hoping to catch a glimpse of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Their aim is essentially to take a picture of its dark circular rim – the point of no return that physicists call the event horizon – in silhouette against the glowing gas that swirls around it. If the effort succeeds, it could provide a crucial test of Einstein’s general theory of relativity as well as offer a direct look at one of the most extreme environments in nature.
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
Yes well..... journalists.
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You know it. Good eye!
Red Dwarf.
What if looking directly at it makes it angry?
Lol.
Dyson Spheres ;?
FAKE NEWS.
Seems their telescope was loose in its mount, tilted down and was imaging either obozo’s soul or the economy he left for Trump to repair.
Wow. Thank you for the information!
Fascinating stuff.
FAKE NEWS.
Seems their telescope was loose in its mount, tilted down and was imaging either obozo’s soul or the economy he left for Trump to repair.
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