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Space Cannibal: Ginormous Black Hole Caught Eating Another
SPACE.com ^
| 8/31/11
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 08/31/2011 6:35:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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The galaxy NGC3393 includes two active black holes (shown in inset) that are thought to result from the galaxy's merger with a smaller companion. CREDIT: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/G.Fabbiano et al; Optical: NASA/STScI
To: shibumi
“The great circle of life” *ping*
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:38:30 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
To: NormsRevenge
So, what is the orbital period of the two black holes, and when is coalescence expected to occur? Gravity wave astronomers would like to know.
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:38:44 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: coloradan
beats me.. they been merging for a billion years..
and aT&T and TMobile got kaboshed.. strange universe..
NGC 3393: NASA’s Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3393/
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:41:44 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: Salamander
More like the circle of death ... I doubt any planetary system in that mess would be viable for our type of life at the stage depicted in the photograph.
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:41:44 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: NormsRevenge
“Space Cannibal: Ginormous Black Hole”
You sure this isn’t an Obama story?
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:43:26 PM PDT
by
Red6
To: Salamander
The great circle of life *ping*
Madeleine Kahn in “Young Frankenstein?”
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:43:40 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Obama shanks. America tanks.)
To: MHGinTN
Sorry.
That was a weird inside joke.
:)
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:44:10 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
To: jessduntno
“Lion King” sarcasm/black humor.
Just ignore me.
;D
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:45:21 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
To: Salamander
OK - so if it’s a Black Hole, why is it blue and white?
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:50:01 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Goi! Rode, Goi!)
To: NormsRevenge
Astrophysicists all over the world are having orgasms right now....spewing higher that an celestial eruption on the sun.
To: shibumi
It wanted to avoid racism charges?
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:55:01 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
To: ImNotLying
Do you write romance novels for a living?
;D
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:55:58 PM PDT
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Salamander
(Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
To: jessduntno; Salamander
It’s twoo! It’s twoo! It’s weawwy twooo!
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:55:58 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Goi! Rode, Goi!)
To: shibumi
Ah, the sweet mysteries of life.....er...death.
Oh, skwew it.
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posted on
08/31/2011 6:57:16 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
To: shibumi; Salamander
Oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhh
sweet mystery of life at last I found youuuuuuuuuuuuu...
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posted on
08/31/2011 7:00:23 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Obama shanks. America tanks.)
To: Salamander
I don’t think she had the “the” in her trill (from ‘Young Frankenstein’).
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posted on
08/31/2011 7:01:30 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: NormsRevenge
Nothing to see here folks.
Just Michelle having a bit of lunch
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posted on
08/31/2011 7:02:07 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: NormsRevenge
Another great rock and roll band name: Space Cannibal.
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posted on
08/31/2011 7:02:09 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(If found, please return this Ring of Power to Sauron, Lord of Darkness. Return postage guaranteed.)
To: ImNotLying; Salamander
As the Event Horizon flexed its steely thighs and bared the sparkling dew of star fragments on its glowing nebula.....
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posted on
08/31/2011 7:02:56 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Goi! Rode, Goi!)
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