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Feast your eyes on this spectacular Hubble photo of a spiral galaxy

30 million light-years away, think about that! Light travels at 186,282 miles per second, so… 186,282 x 60 (seconds) x 60 (minutes) x 24 (hours) x 365 (days) x 30,000,000 (years) – that is quite a distance!  The universe truly … Continue reading

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Black hole seen for first time in image showing matter being sucked into timeless oblivion

What an amazing achievement!!! Just consider that the photograph of the black hole seen below was taken at the center of a galaxy that is 55 million light-years away from earth! That’s 186,282 (miles per second) x 60 (seconds) x … Continue reading

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Was Einstein Right? Single Star Will Let Astronomers Test Theory of Relativity

Einstein’s theory of relativity has stood the test of time; over 100 years and counting. My guess is it will once again be proven right. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Newsweek Meghan Bartels, Newsweek Later this year, a special … Continue reading

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Colossal distant black hole holds surprises about early universe

Interesting stuff. One regret of mine, and I have many, is not studying astronomy, theoretical physics, etc. I find it more fascinating and relevant than most other fields of study. It would be interesting to spend a week among people … Continue reading

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The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Proving Einstein Correct

If ever there was a reason for hoping that life after death was a real phenomenon, this is it. Just imagine how Einstein would feel in KNOWING that his theories were correct!  Obviously, this would also apply to countless other … Continue reading

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A nearby black hole just erupted for the first time in 26 years and scientists are ecstatic

The universe is such an intriguing place. One has to wonder if we, the human race, will ever know how it all came to be; whether there is one universe or multiple universes, what are all of the natural forces … Continue reading

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Brightest Galaxy in the Universe Found

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall May 22, 2015 A newfound galaxy 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is the most luminous one known in the universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns, a … Continue reading

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Tiny galaxy harbours black-hole surprise

Meanwhile… as religious imbeciles pray five times a day and decapitate innocent people in the name of God, science pushes forward. The contrast between science and religion has never been more evident. The more we advance as a species thanks … Continue reading

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How Did Supermassive Black Holes Get So Big So Fast?

Black holes have always been fascinating, although rarely understood by the average Joe, such as me. In fact, I’m not so sure that even theoretical physicists such as Stephen Hawking really and truly understand black holes. Nevertheless, it is interesting … Continue reading

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The Weirdest Object in the Universe

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis The Universe is full of strange things. That’s what gets many astronomers out of bed: knowing that somewhere something really weird is waiting to be … Continue reading

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Seeds of Monster Black Holes Were Surprisingly Big

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer March 28, 2014 6:06 PM The gigantic black holes that lurk at the hearts of galaxies were apparently born big.  The central black holes in dwarf … Continue reading

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Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud Soon

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor January 24, 2014 2:11 PM A compilation of Swift telescope observations of the center of the Milky Way, where a supermassive black … A giant gas … Continue reading

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Milky Way s Black Hole Is Shooting Particle Jets

Interesting stuff… Refer to story below. Source: Scientific American By Clara Moskowitz  A torrent of energetic particles appears to be spewing from the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, coming from the gigantic black hole that lies at its heart, … Continue reading

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Space Cloud Ripped Apart by Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience Megan Gannon Astronomers have spied a huge gas cloud being pulled like taffy around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. Their observations suggest that the space … Continue reading

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Black Holes May Have Been Common in Early Universe

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com Black holes may have been abundant among the first stars in the universe, helping explain the origin of the supermassive monsters that lurk at the … Continue reading

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Star Caught Circling Black Hole at Record-Breaking Speed

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Megan Gannon | SPACE.com Astronomers have spotted a star in our galaxy that races around a black hole at a breakneck speed, orbiting once every 2.4 hours, scientists say. The … Continue reading

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Distant Black Hole Reveals Chemistry of the Early Universe

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor | SPACE.com A cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by the brightest object in the early universe is helping astronomers understand conditions a few hundred million … Continue reading

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Ingredients for Big Black Holes Detected in Milky Way’s Core

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com Scientists investigated our galaxy’s central molecular zone, which contains the most massive, densest, and most turbulent molecular clouds in the Milky Way. These surround the … Continue reading

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Black Holes: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz | SPACE.com If most people know one thing about black holes, they probably know that nothing can escape from them, not even light. Yet this most basic tenet … Continue reading

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European Telescope Pierces Into Heart of Massive Galaxy

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com – Mon, Jun 25, 2012 A recent photo of the colossal Centaurus A galaxy pierces through thick clouds of cosmic dust to reveal a clear view of its … Continue reading

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Weird Galaxy Glows Bright in Amazing Telescope Photo

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A telescope in Chile has caught a spectacular new view of a peculiar galaxy with a monster black hole at its heart. The new image shows … Continue reading

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Pulsing Stars Could Probe Space-Time Around Black Holes

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor, Space.com | SPACE.com If a pulsing star exists near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, where a giant black hole is thought to lurk, … Continue reading

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Scientists Closing in on Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor, Space.com  SPACE.com Though scientists have suspected for a while that a giant black hole lurks at the center of our galaxy, they still can’t … Continue reading

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Andromeda Galaxy’s Exotic X-Ray Signal Actually a Bright Black Hole

I wonder if hundreds of millions or maybe billions of years down the road this will be our fate; our entire solar system “swallowed” by a black hole? If we don’t destroy ourselves first, odds are our existence will end … Continue reading

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Scientists find monster black holes, biggest yet

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By MARCIA DUNN | AP – Tue, Dec 6, 2011 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the … Continue reading

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Rare Sight: Giant Black Hole Devours Star, Fires Beams at Earth

Science is truly fascinating, and I believe cosmology to be especially so! TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer, Space.com Thu Jun 16, 11:44 pm ET A powerful beam of energy has been spotted blasting out from the center … Continue reading

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For Fully Mature Black Holes, Time Stands Still

Super cool stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer Space.com clara Moskowitz, Space.com Senior Writer space.com Thu Jan 27, 3:30 pm ET The end of a black hole’s evolution may be a mind-bending kind of space-time independent of … Continue reading

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Hubble telescope zeroes in on green blob in space

Incredibly interesting and fascinating stuff! TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer WASHINGTON – The Hubble Space Telescope got its first peek at a mysterious giant green blob … Continue reading

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