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Earth now 2,000 light-years closer to Milky Way's supermassive black hole
CNET ^ | Nov. 29, 2020 | Mark Serrels

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.

Earth is 2,000 light years closer to supermassive black hole at the center  of our galaxy than we thought | News Headlines | kmov.com

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KEYWORDS: astronomy; galaxy
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1 posted on 11/29/2020 4:58:01 PM PST by consult
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To: consult

Good, bring it


2 posted on 11/29/2020 4:59:08 PM PST by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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To: consult
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.

Was that "settled science" ?

3 posted on 11/29/2020 4:59:08 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: hadaclueonce
Good, bring it

Ya'll wanna stay 'way from that sumbitch.

4 posted on 11/29/2020 5:00:21 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: consult
Quick. Send Kamala via spaceship to that supermassive black hole. Let 'em fight it out.

Willie can be the judge.

5 posted on 11/29/2020 5:00:50 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: consult

141 miles per second?

That’s a new Olympic record!


6 posted on 11/29/2020 5:03:54 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: consult
Cheesy, but I can't resist!

Super Massive Black Hole by Muse

7 posted on 11/29/2020 5:04:14 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: consult

I jumped up to shoot a layup, and when I came down, I was in North Carolina.


8 posted on 11/29/2020 5:06:35 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: consult

So what?


9 posted on 11/29/2020 5:08:13 PM PST by Fungi
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To: consult
Living near the northernmost point on I-95 I'm only about 6 hours from that supermassive black hole called the Biden Estate.
10 posted on 11/29/2020 5:10:08 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: consult

Picked a bad time to throw out those extra yard lights.


11 posted on 11/29/2020 5:10:21 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
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To: consult

Tick-tock.


12 posted on 11/29/2020 5:11:21 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: consult

I will take spaghettification over a Biden Presidency.


13 posted on 11/29/2020 5:17:02 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at theyth yyyyy are both death cults. N)
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To: consult
No, it's simply the result of a more accurate model of the Milky Way based on new data.

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."

14 posted on 11/29/2020 5:21:16 PM PST by stormhill
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To: consult; LibWhacker

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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15 posted on 11/29/2020 5:21:17 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: consult

According to AOC we have less than twelve years any way so who cares.


16 posted on 11/29/2020 5:21:55 PM PST by antidemoncrat (Biden's )
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To: consult

If we enter the event horizon of a black hole will that make global warming worse or better?


17 posted on 11/29/2020 5:23:34 PM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Jonty30

Just correcting my tagline that somehow became changed, without me realizing it.


18 posted on 11/29/2020 5:25:05 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: consult

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.


19 posted on 11/29/2020 5:28:55 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( Deplorable, and proud of it.)
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To: Don W

Black Holes Matter?


20 posted on 11/29/2020 5:30:52 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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