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Boffins discover tightest black hole binary system – and it's supermassive
The Register ^ | 9/20/17 | Katyanna Quach

Posted on 09/20/2017 1:43:31 PM PDT by LibWhacker

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400 million light years from earth. So, relax; we're not all gonna die.
1 posted on 09/20/2017 1:43:31 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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tightest black hole....................


2 posted on 09/20/2017 1:44:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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So, relax; we're not all gonna die.

So, you're saying some of us will?

3 posted on 09/20/2017 1:45:40 PM PDT by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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Cue racist kid.


4 posted on 09/20/2017 1:47:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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5 posted on 09/20/2017 1:48:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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tightest black hole....................

Uranus?
6 posted on 09/20/2017 1:49:14 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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so how long did it take those radio waves to get here and can they project what it actually looks like now or is it moving so slow that there isn’t a big difference?


7 posted on 09/20/2017 1:51:17 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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Maybe before Richie Love found it.


8 posted on 09/20/2017 1:52:35 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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Oh, definitely. If one is not wearing one’s certified supermassive black hole merging glasses, he’ll be a goner. ;-)


9 posted on 09/20/2017 1:53:11 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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Whoops! Make that Reggie Love!


10 posted on 09/20/2017 1:55:20 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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Boffin and tight black hole in the same headline is sure to lead to off-color wordplay.


11 posted on 09/20/2017 1:56:29 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Him, too!...............


12 posted on 09/20/2017 1:57:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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I shall refrain from posting any gratuitous George Takei memes... I swear.


13 posted on 09/20/2017 1:57:22 PM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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tightest black hole....................

... discovered how else? By boffin.

14 posted on 09/20/2017 1:57:32 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Yeppppp....


15 posted on 09/20/2017 1:58:12 PM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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I know this is all cool and stuff, and I’m into science and all of God’s wonders...but News? Had I posted this here I would have been scolded.


16 posted on 09/20/2017 1:58:18 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (We must never shut up. Covfefe: A great dish served piping hot!)
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There’s that word again.
Boffins...


17 posted on 09/20/2017 1:59:11 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Well, he likes to go where no man has gone before..................


18 posted on 09/20/2017 1:59:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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19 posted on 09/20/2017 1:59:45 PM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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I think it’s Brit slang for something...unsavory.


20 posted on 09/20/2017 2:00:17 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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