A simulated Black Hole with the Milky Way in the background
Posted on 12/09/2008 2:22:35 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
A simulated Black Hole with the Milky Way in the background
There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a study has confirmed.
German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using the European Southern Observatory in Chile.
The black hole is four million times heavier than our Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal.
Black holes are objects whose gravity is so great that nothing - including light - can escape them.
According to Dr Robert Massy, of the Royal Astronomical Society, the results suggest that galaxies form around giant black holes in the way that a pearl forms around grit.
'The black pearl'
Dr Massy said: "Although we think of black holes as somehow threatening, in the sense that if you get too close to one you are in trouble, they may have had a role in helping galaxies to form - not just our own, but all galaxies.
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No I think that is a real black hoe.
ROFLMAO.
That NOLA guy with the beer surely does get around. He got around a black hole.
I would have thought sooner, but number four is pretty quick.
good one
-PJ
Fear not the black hole that sucketh thee in, like Ye Olde Amway Distributor; but rather fear ye the white hole that speweth thee out as cosmic vomit carnage upon the universe.
Chandra Levy, so that’s where she went. :p
I wish he could call in gay to work for the rest of this century.
I find this stuff fascinating, but I tell you...whenever I read the articles, I can’t help but think of myself as a drooling, blathering idiot who should be thankful she can tie her own shoes.
The guys who study this stuff are...well...remarkable.
Regards,
Thanks for the ping. Now I get to worry about getting sucked into a black hole in the center of the galaxy! ;)
You owe me a new keyboard! ;)
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