Cosmic 'Ghost': "Evidence of a supermassive black hole equal in power to a billion supernovas."

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[redhead]

I’m already packing. Getting ready for the scarmable bus to pick me up. Just gotta find my beeber and get it stuned.

[Bean Counter]

The entire concept of a black hole is difficult to get one’s mind around. The energies, distances and time scales involved are so massive as to be intimidating...

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

>> I’m already packing. <<

Yes, this is no time to remain clam. Btw, don’t forget to bring plenty of cheese (in case a moose bites your sister). :)

>> Getting ready for the scarmable bus to pick me up. <<

Where are you headed? Thailand?

>> Just gotta find my beeber and get it stuned. <<

Yes, stuned to the max!

[AndrewB]

Aw jeez..not this Sh** again!

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

[JRandomFreeper]

The entire concept of a black hole is difficult to get one’s mind around.

It grows on you, over time. When you get a handle on it, it seems to outsiders like it's over in a flash, but it can take forever to wind down when you get up close.

/johnny

[davius]

I am shocked by the cavalier attitude of some these posters. How can they stand by with snarky little entendre’s when there are super-massive black holes out there? The government is focusing on recovery, jobs, and eclipsing elections with the declaration of martial law and is utterly ignoring the danger posed by black holes! I, for one, have no intention of allowing this situation to continue unopposed. I propose an immediate boycott of black holes and refuse to cooperate with the government in any regard until such time as the black hole problem is addressed in a satisfactory manner.

[Bean Counter]

My wife gave me the National Geographic World Atlas for Christmas 2 years ago, and some of the best illustrations in the book show the relative sizes of our Solar System, compared to the entire Milky Way, and again in relation to the "nearest" stars. The scale expands to hundreds of millions of light years...if you study the illustrations and consider the scales involved it will give you the chills.

Some of the images we have seen from Hubble are simply staggering. One of my favorites is the Horsehead Nebula. The head is "only" five light years tall....



Consider that one light year is equivalent to about 5,878,786,100,000 miles...and it takes a beam of light a full year to travel that distance...

Now, multiply by five...

[JRandomFreeper]

I do baking and cosmology in MKS/SI/CGS (or whatever they call it today) standard units, but I get your drift. It's a big, beautiful universe.

I stand amazed in the obvious presence.

But what does a cook know about cosmology? ;)

/johnny

[gcraig]

Supermassive black hole! Women and minorities hardest hit.

[Bean Counter]

I cook as well; in fact I have a degree via Le Cordon Bleu and the Western Culinary Institute (Class of ‘03)...maybe there is something to it.

You have to have an organized mind to properly bake anything; souffle is a disaster to a disorganized Sous...and a triumph if you Mise is in order. It takes that type of mind to be able to consider these cosmic mysteries; and a couple of shots of proper Sour Mash whiskey doesn’t hurt things either...

Cheers!!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LibWhacker. Seems like I'd read something like this, but frankly, I'm lazy, plus I'm taking it easy because it's Sunday, so I didn't check to see if there's an earlier topic, and will ping this with alacrity and hopefully with impunity.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LibWhacker.

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Send the schema of a script to Hollywood,...the story would be better than so much of what they turn out!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

thanks FOR THE PING....JUST INCREDIBLE....sorry bout the caps

But I am leaving them as this is just mind boggling....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

"Survivor" Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized

X-ray Discovery Points to Location of Missing Matter

Galactic Super-volcano in Action

Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

some additional links:

"Survivor" Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized

For Release: April 29, 2010

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More:

X-ray Discovery Points to Location of Missing Matter

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For Release: May 11, 2010

[csivils]

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