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Scientists detect a black hole swallowing a neutron star
Phys.org ^
| August 19, 2019
| Staff
Posted on 08/19/2019 8:44:11 AM PDT by C19fan
Scientists, including from The Australian National University (ANU), say they have detected a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time.
Neutron stars and black holes are the super-dense remains of dead stars.
On Wednesday 14 August 2019, gravitational-wave discovery machines in the United States and Italy detected ripples in space and time from a cataclysmic event that happened about 8,550 million trillion kilometres away from Earth.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Sports
KEYWORDS: astronomy; australia; gravity; haltonarp; science; space; stars; stringtheory
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To: DannyTN
Looks like a fluffer on the job.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:27:16 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: highpockets
neither of those things exist, they are mathematical figments of the imagination
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:27:27 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
To: newfreep
The news sends a tinkle up buttplug leg
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:42:45 AM PDT
by
Rodm
To: C19fan
about 8,550 million trillion kilometres away from Earth.
“Oh, my god! Get the kids. We’re heading for the mountains!”
“What are you so panicked about? A million trillion is far, far away.”
“Million trillion? Whew. That’s a relief. I thought you said a million *billion*!”
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:46:16 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: mowowie
I doubt Howard Stern said that.
Ted Danson, yes.
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posted on
08/19/2019 9:47:12 AM PDT
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sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Kickass Conservative
[[You know, I just hate when that happens.
An innocent Neutron Star is minding its own Business and along comes some Black Hole.]]
It’s the neutron’s own fault- the old adage still applies, “Always be aware of your surroundings”
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posted on
08/19/2019 10:01:15 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Red Badger
Light Years are racist, because they dont take into account the dark years.......... Badger, you should know better. They already have the Dark Ages.
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posted on
08/19/2019 10:03:58 AM PDT
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: C19fan
Just what I needed — ANU’S opinion on a black hole.
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posted on
08/19/2019 10:18:08 AM PDT
by
Migraine
To: DannyTN
A new universe is formed that wipes out the old universe in seconds.
. Yeah but because of time dialation, everyone inside the universe experiences it as taking billions of years.
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posted on
08/19/2019 10:20:07 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(“They are openly planning to murder you. Prep if you want to live.”)
To: rjsimmon
That just perpetuates a racial stereotype that ‘dark’ is ‘bad’ and ‘light’ is good...............
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posted on
08/19/2019 10:27:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: sparklite2
Stern was in Blackface playing Danson, Sherman Hemsley was playing the Whoopi.
It’s pretty funny....Google it.
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posted on
08/19/2019 10:29:32 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: Sirius Lee
That should give us time to hitchhike our way to the restarant at the end of the universe.
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posted on
08/19/2019 11:06:44 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Migraine
They can stick it where the stars won’t shine.
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posted on
08/19/2019 11:31:52 AM PDT
by
rfp1234
(NBC: Putting the TURD in Saturday.)
To: C19fan
Who wouldn’t believe this?
To: C19fan
Time will stop for 10.7 seconds but no one will notice.
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posted on
08/19/2019 4:42:34 PM PDT
by
Revolutionary
("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
To: Red Badger
Brill Building: Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
In an interview, when asked who influenced them most as a song-writing partnership, John Lennon said that he wanted Lennon and McCartney to be as good as Goffin and King.
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posted on
08/19/2019 5:55:16 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/20/2019 12:21:14 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
To: fieldmarshaldj; 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
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posted on
08/20/2019 6:25:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: DannyTN
What happens? A new universe is formed that wipes out the old universe in seconds. Maybe not that but it would be VERY interesting to see if neutronium detonates when the neutron star is spaghettified via tidal forces and the 1.4+ Solar Mass pulling down on the neutronium is released.
I would bet there would be a HUGE explosion as it expands from degenerate matter status.
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posted on
08/20/2019 4:45:33 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Coming in from the cold .... been a LONG while.)
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