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Posted on 04/07/2019 8:47:05 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The heart of every major galaxy is said to contain a supermassive black hole — a place where anything, including light, can be devoured to the point of no return.
For years, scientists have struggled to capture one of these deadly masses on camera, since the absence of light renders them nearly impossible to see.
Now, for the first time, a group of scientists from the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project are expected to unveil a photograph of a black hole to the public.
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I bet it’ll be black... And look like a hole.
Hint: It looks like Detroit through the telescope lens.
Schumer’s heart
There are 2 attempts here. One for the massive black hole at the center of our Galaxy and the other an every bigger one in a nearby galaxy.
So, do you use a flash?
Will I need special glasses?
To locate a candidate black hole, scientists used an innovative, never-before-tried technique of tracking donations made to the Clinton Foundation. And there it was.
Eight radio telescopes have been staring at two supermassive black holes
since April 2017, according to AFP.
One, known as Sagittarius A*, is 26,000 light years away from Earth at
the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. The other is a massive black
hole in a galaxy known as M87, in the constellation of Virgo.
Much of the speculation says Wednesday’s news will be about Sagittarius A*.
Photographing actual black holes is impossible. Their gravity keeps anything
from escaping, including X-rays, infrared, light and radio waves, according
to Science Alert. So there’s nothing for our cameras to capture.
Instead, scientists are aiming for images of the event horizon, the precipice
of the black hole known as the “point of no return,” and the gas and dust
that settles into orbit around the hole, according to Science News.
The news conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The National
Science Foundation will provide a live stream.
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Sounds racisssss to me.
My eyes!!!!!!
There was an anchorman in Eugene, OR that asked, on air, if he could look directly at a lunar eclipse.
Only at night.
Only a matter of time until this is all blamed on human caused climate change (or other such nonsense)
If Ron Burgandy (actor Will Ferrel) was a real anchorman, I could see him asking that too.
It reminds me of that super Dave joke about B B Kings wife
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