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Black hole picture captured for first time in space ‘breakthrough’
UK Guardian ^ | April 10, 2019 | Hannah Devlin

Posted on 04/10/2019 6:18:43 AM PDT by C19fan

The first image of a black hole has been captured by astronomers, heralding a revolution in our understanding of the universe’s most enigmatic objects.

The picture shows a halo of dust and gas, tracing the outline of a colossal black hole, at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy, 55 million light years from Earth.

The black hole itself – a cosmic trapdoor from which neither light nor matter can escape – is unseeable. But the latest observations take astronomers right to its threshold for the first time, illuminating the event horizon beyond which all known physical laws break down.

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


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: astronomy; black; blackhole; hole; mh370; science; stringtheory
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To: C19fan

I thought it was just another picture of Mad Maxine.


21 posted on 04/10/2019 6:53:36 AM PDT by Wizdum (The Dems are not afraid a wall won't work, the Dems are TERRIFIED a wall WILL work.)
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To: C19fan

https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2017/03/30/watch-all-light-disappear-into-this-material-orig-tc.cnn


22 posted on 04/10/2019 6:54:04 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: rdl6989

23 posted on 04/10/2019 6:58:37 AM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: simpson96

Yup, scientists _guilty_ of cultural appropriation!


24 posted on 04/10/2019 7:01:12 AM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: C19fan

I thought it would be a picture of the US House.


25 posted on 04/10/2019 7:03:46 AM PDT by BobL ("Its hard to find a black cat in a black room, especially if the cat isn't there"Russians to Mueller)
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To: C19fan

I thought it would be a picture of the US House.


26 posted on 04/10/2019 7:03:50 AM PDT by BobL ("Its hard to find a black cat in a black room, especially if the cat isn't there"Russians to Mueller)
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To: rdl6989

An example of math leading to the physics!


27 posted on 04/10/2019 7:05:45 AM PDT by Reily
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To: rdl6989

28 posted on 04/10/2019 7:06:16 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: C19fan

29 posted on 04/10/2019 7:12:09 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Red Badger

Focus, damn it!


30 posted on 04/10/2019 7:18:11 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Phlap
In case you need a black hole.


31 posted on 04/10/2019 7:22:09 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: rdl6989

Not exactly like the “stand-in” image used to hype the reveal on blogs.

But it’s a photo of a black....hole, so cant complain too much.


32 posted on 04/10/2019 7:23:59 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: C19fan
"Black holes are the most mysterious objects in the universe."

And here I thought women were the most mysterious...

33 posted on 04/10/2019 7:41:16 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Phlap
In case you need a black hole.

Just be careful how you use it.

The Black Hole - Improper Usage

34 posted on 04/10/2019 7:50:28 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A working definition of the new "Elite" would be; "Those who matter to those who think they matter.")
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To: C19fan

It was a star, then it tried socialism.


35 posted on 04/10/2019 8:00:09 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: Jonty30

The Venezuela Hole.


36 posted on 04/10/2019 8:05:17 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: norwaypinesavage

According to the illustration, it would be a disc, not a sphere. Which begs a lot of questions about the photo.


37 posted on 04/10/2019 8:07:03 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: coon2000

Or perhaps a bagel?


38 posted on 04/10/2019 9:05:15 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: norwaypinesavage
A sphere can't have a doughnut "around" it.

Sure it can; stick the munchkin back in the hole. But it will be around it only in one plane.

39 posted on 04/10/2019 9:18:18 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: BobL
"I thought it would be a picture of the US House."

GMTA


40 posted on 04/10/2019 10:15:48 AM PDT by Larry - Moe and Curly (Loose lips sink ships.)
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