Posted on 11/29/2020 4:58:01 PM PST by consult
At the center of the our galaxy, with a mass roughly 4 millions times that of our sun, is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*.
And great news! It turns out scientists have discovered that we're 2,000 light-years closer to this gigantic black hole than we thought.
This doesn't mean we're currently on a collision course with a black hole. No, it's simply the result of a more accurate model of the Milky Way based on new data.
Over the last 15 years, a Japanese radio astronomy project, VERA, has been gathering data. Using a technique called interferometry, VERA gathered data from telescopes across Japan and combined them with data from other existing projects to create what is essentially the most accurate map of the Milky Way yet.
By pinpointing the location and velocity of around 99 specific points in our galaxy, VERA has concluded that the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A, at the center of our galaxy, is actually 25,800 light-years from Earth -- almost 2,000 light-years closer than what we previously believed.
In addition, the new model calculates Earth is moving faster than we believed. Older models clocked Earth's speed at 220 kilometers (136 miles) per second, orbiting around the galaxy's centre. VERA's new model has us moving at 227 kilometers (141 miles) per second.
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Good, bring it
Was that "settled science" ?
Ya'll wanna stay 'way from that sumbitch.
Willie can be the judge.
141 miles per second?
That’s a new Olympic record!
Super Massive Black Hole by Muse
I jumped up to shoot a layup, and when I came down, I was in North Carolina.
So what?
Picked a bad time to throw out those extra yard lights.
Tick-tock.
I will take spaghettification over a Biden Presidency.
More accurate?!!??
Listen, Until these alleged "scientists" finally, at long last come to realize that the black hole at the center of the galaxy is several times the mass of the rest of the galaxy, they really shouldn't use the word "accurate" in mixed company.
This tiny object is not 4 million but closer to 4 TRILLION the mass of our sun. It could take them a generation or two to wake up to that realization; until then, we'll have to continue listening to more nonsense about "dark matter" and "dark energy."
Dang, it was 1900 light years closer just yesterday! At this rate, we’re all going to need change of address cards pretty soon!
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According to AOC we have less than twelve years any way so who cares.
If we enter the event horizon of a black hole will that make global warming worse or better?
Just correcting my tagline that somehow became changed, without me realizing it.
I’d like to think my last words before being devoured by a massive black hole as something like “Thank God!”
But...it will likely be something different.
Black Holes Matter?
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