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Our galaxy’s black hole spins fast and drags space-time with it, scientists say
www.accuweather.com ^ | Nov 28, 2023 1:52 PM CST | By Taylor Nicioli

Posted on 11/30/2023 11:17:14 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Paal Gulli

“You’d sort of expect that, wouldn’t you, being as its gravity is so strong that light can’t escape it?”

It isn’t just the mass and gravity. The mass effect is pre-relativity. This is mass+spin.


21 posted on 11/30/2023 12:14:03 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: butlerweave
BLAH , time is only on Earth invented by us

Actually, time was invented by Africans. White people stole time from Africa.

22 posted on 11/30/2023 12:28:15 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Red Badger

What does it mean to the average American?
Daylight savings time is broken?
Or is this proof of climate change?
XX is same as XY? And YY is the new goal?


23 posted on 11/30/2023 1:15:48 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Red Badger

Good grief!
That’s all we need, a galactic drag show...


24 posted on 11/30/2023 1:43:00 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Red Badger

“Our galaxy’s black hole spins fast and drags space-time with it”

All black holes do.


25 posted on 11/30/2023 7:02:39 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Red Badger
Ultimately, we want to measure the properties of the center of our galaxy as good as possible.

Oof.

26 posted on 11/30/2023 7:46:53 PM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: SuperLuminal

🤢🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️😂🤣😂🤣.................................


27 posted on 12/01/2023 5:20:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: butlerweave

“BLAH , time is only on Earth invented by us ,LOL”
You are one of the few that have figured that out!
+1
That being said it is a useful tool, for observing the
space we live in and presently know.


28 posted on 12/01/2023 5:26:29 AM PST by rellic
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