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The fastest-growing black hole in the universe has a massive appetite
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| 7/2/2020
| Ashley Strickland
Posted on 07/04/2020 9:07:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Menehune56
Nupe, things that far away tend to be moving at close to the speed of light away from us. Certainly this thing is, as physicists determined its distance from us in the first place by measuring its red shift. And nowadays we can bet our bottom dollar it's moving away from us much, much faster, because... Dark Energy (Hubble's Law of you don't like DE). Not to mention, Physics' rarely mentioned Numero Uno Law: U-turns are not allowed for galaxies and heavy black holes out there near the edge of the observable universe.
To: LibWhacker
Thank you my FRiend, now I can sleep tonight.
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posted on
07/04/2020 10:54:27 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Not a fully formed star every day, but the equivalent mass, about 4 million trillion trillion pounds of gas, dust, asteroids, comets, planets and, yes, a star or two now and then. Get that thing some Tums!
To: dangus
Not at all unusual when talking about black ho’s and huge appetities.
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posted on
07/04/2020 11:03:40 AM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
To: Arlis
But, are we REALLY here?
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
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posted on
07/04/2020 11:04:14 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Hot dogs! July 4th! In a couple hours we're gonna be munching down on these!
Oh, baby.
To: LibWhacker
Would it work on dust bunnies under the bed? Maybe theres a business opportunity here. We could put Roomba out of business.
To: LibWhacker
OMINOUS Sweet Black Hole of Death (SBHOD) threatens to destroy Earth and the Universe unless American voters come to their senses and support marxist Democrats who are smarter and can devise a plan like banning all Trump rallies and in-person voting.
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posted on
07/04/2020 12:17:49 PM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(He, had the best mom - ever.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
07/04/2020 12:22:06 PM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(He, had the best mom - ever.)
To: LibWhacker
Where’s the ketchup? /duck and cover
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posted on
07/04/2020 12:41:41 PM PDT
by
deadrock
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To: GraceG
I was thinking it was probably in DC.
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posted on
07/04/2020 1:16:44 PM PDT
by
chesley
(What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
To: LibWhacker
Has anyone ever heard the idea that the observable universe might exist inside a black hole?
So let me suggest what that might look like from the outside.
The expansion of such a universe within the black hole might puff it up, make it appear to have a larger event horizon than it actually would just based on its mass alone. Since we infer the mass of a black hole by its size that would make the black hole seem more massive than it actually is to an outside observer.
And inside the black hole? The universe within would coincide with the substance of it that was not part of it everywhere. It might look like mass or energy that couldnt be directly seen. You know: dark matter or energy.
I have BSd today. So no unemployment drachmas from Bea Arthur for me!
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posted on
07/04/2020 2:53:29 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: LibWhacker
Maybe the black hole has consumed 3/4 of the universe by now...only the light from the ongoing event hasnt reached us yet.
Maybe that is where all the dark matter and dark energy is and is why we cannot find any.
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posted on
07/04/2020 5:30:35 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: LibWhacker
Imagine being on a planet and astronomers discovered your solar system who being drawn into the black hole
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posted on
07/04/2020 5:52:05 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: LibWhacker
Not a single pic of Stacy Abrams......Thank goodness.
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posted on
07/04/2020 8:53:39 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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