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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.
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04/10/2019 6:53:36 AM PDT
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Wizdum
(The Dems are not afraid a wall won't work, the Dems are TERRIFIED a wall WILL work.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/10/2019 6:54:04 AM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
To: rdl6989
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posted on
04/10/2019 6:58:37 AM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: simpson96
Yup, scientists _guilty_ of cultural appropriation!
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:01:12 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
To: C19fan
I thought it would be a picture of the US House.
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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)
To: C19fan
I thought it would be a picture of the US House.
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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)
To: rdl6989
An example of math leading to the physics!
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:05:45 AM PDT
by
Reily
To: rdl6989
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:06:16 AM PDT
by
al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:12:09 AM PDT
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Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:18:11 AM PDT
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Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: Phlap
In case you need a black hole.
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04/10/2019 7:22:09 AM PDT
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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.
To: C19fan
"Black holes are the most mysterious objects in the universe." And here I thought women were the most mysterious...
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04/10/2019 7:41:16 AM PDT
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Eagles6
To: Phlap
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:50:28 AM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(A working definition of the new "Elite" would be; "Those who matter to those who think they matter.")
To: C19fan
It was a star, then it tried socialism.
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04/10/2019 8:00:09 AM PDT
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
To: Jonty30
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04/10/2019 8:05:17 AM PDT
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wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: norwaypinesavage
According to the illustration, it would be a disc, not a sphere. Which begs a lot of questions about the photo.
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posted on
04/10/2019 8:07:03 AM PDT
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thoughtomator
(The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
To: coon2000
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posted on
04/10/2019 9:05:15 AM PDT
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V K Lee
("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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.
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posted on
04/10/2019 9:18:18 AM PDT
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JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: BobL
"I thought it would be a picture of the US House."
GMTA
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