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Milky Way's Center Packed with Black Holes
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| 1/12/05
| Robert Ray Britt
Posted on 01/12/2005 9:07:35 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Four bright, variable X-ray sources (circles) were discovered within 3 light years of Sgr A* (the bright source just above Source C). The lower panel illustrates the strong variability of one of these sources. This variability, which is present in all the sources, is indicative of an X-ray binary system where a black hole or neutron star is pulling matter from a nearby companion star. Credit: NASA/CXC/UCLA/M.Muno et al.
To: NormsRevenge
Oh my God----I just had one and it was delicious.
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:10:19 PM PST
by
Mears
To: NormsRevenge
but are there any black pimps for those holes?
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:12:53 PM PST
by
DSBull
(When life gives you lemons find someone whom life has given vodka and have a party...)
To: Mears
No, you don't eat em! Now you're gonna weigh as much as a million suns. Better start running that off.
To: NormsRevenge
Is this the Fault of Bush?
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:15:53 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
To: Mears
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:16:29 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: NormsRevenge
I thought Snickers had the holes ... or was that the nuts?
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:20:36 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
To: NormsRevenge
Mars will be next .......... Marrrrrrrrrrs.
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:21:17 PM PST
by
dighton
To: NormsRevenge
So if we open it up, will they all go flying like an overpacked suitcase?
As George V. Higgins wrote, it's darker than a trunk full of a-holes...
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:33:04 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Americans never quit. --Gen. Douglas MacArthur)
To: NormsRevenge
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01/12/2005 9:33:53 PM PST
by
GeronL
(I am NOT the real bin Laden)
To: NormsRevenge
Cool article.
"center of our Milky Way Galaxy is loaded with black holes... galactic center is dominated by one supermassive black hole."
Hey, do they have any idea what happens when one black hole falls into another?
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:53:29 PM PST
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: GeronL
oh, almost forgot...
SEMPER FI DEVIL DOG!
:)
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:55:07 PM PST
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: NormsRevenge
// sorry Geron, that was for Norm
oh, almost forgot...
SEMPER FI DEVIL DOG!
:)
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posted on
01/12/2005 9:56:36 PM PST
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Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: NormsRevenge
I thought they were full of Caramel and Nougat.
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posted on
01/12/2005 10:00:35 PM PST
by
Brainhose
(THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/12/2005 10:02:28 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: NormsRevenge
Would anyone here like to discuss the formation of the earth-moon system? The story ain't over yet...
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posted on
01/12/2005 11:42:30 PM PST
by
timer
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/12/2005 11:48:10 PM PST
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: NormsRevenge
Hmmm...
That pic could be a very negative message for mankind from God...
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01/12/2005 11:48:34 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(If the President's so dumb, and he keeps outwittin' y'all, what does that say about y'all?)
To: NormsRevenge
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01/13/2005 12:47:31 AM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Mears
I am in my sixth week of sugar detox and had to click on this thread just to stare at what I was hoping was a low sugar Milky Way, dark Chocolate.
And I have an allergy to sugar substitutes so can't go there.
More Water please. Uhg.
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01/13/2005 1:14:15 AM PST
by
oceanperch
(2005 is going to be an Awesome Year, IMO)
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