10 billion light years is over halfway to the edge of the universe.
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That galaxy managed it, why can’t we deal with Jimmy Carter the same way?
To: RightWhale
The General/Chat/ Astronomy/Science forums are ideally-suited for this topic.
To: RightWhale
Same thing happened to me when I was 18.
In fairness to my parents, though, while I wasn’t a black hole when I was 18, I was an @$$hole.
4 posted on
04/30/2008 8:09:59 AM PDT by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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Wow. Imagine that... what kind of forces are needed to kick a black hole out of the gravity well of not just one black hole, but the center of a galaxy?
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Because of the tremendous power of the recoil the black hole, which has a mass of several 100 millions solar masses... OMG, that was one hell of a recoil to kick that much mass away at 2650km/s! Just... WOW!
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Meanwhile, the grandparent galaxy flinches in a typical way when the black hole’s friends come around.
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[ This extreme ejection event, which had been predicted by theorists, has now been observed in nature for the first time. ]
Its called a black hole because you cant SEE IT...
Duuuuugh!...
9 posted on
04/30/2008 8:22:47 AM PDT by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: RightWhale
On a side note, AlGore will announce next week his plan to end black holes, which are a threat to life.
This plan includes the sale of event horizon credits.
10 posted on
04/30/2008 8:23:42 AM PDT by
KenHorse
(It may be the only purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others)
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The basic density of the universe appears to be something like one dust mote every four miles if you don't believe in "dark matter", and one dust mote every fifth of a mile if you do (using our system and Alpha Century as a model).
How is anybody expected to believe that a black hole would ever form up via gravity (or that there actually are such things as black holes) given that?
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Going to be interesting to see how many supermassive black holes they think are careening through the universe at relativistic speeds. Scary thought, one of those things coming at you... Quick, somebody break out the solar sails and deflect it!
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10 billion light years is over halfway to the edge of the universe. You mean halfway to the edge of the *observable* universe. We can only 'see' or detect things that are close enough for their light to have reached us during the lifespan of the universe. And the universe can, theoretically, expand FASTER than light (in apparent violation of Einstein's special relativity). However, this is only because the phenomenon doesn't involve an object physically moving *through* space, but rather the dimensionality of space-time stretching.
FGI: one light year, the *distance* light travels in 1 year--at 186,000 miles per second, is roughly 6 trillion miles! 6,000 BILLION miles!
FGI (I think I just made it up?) = "for general information".
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In addition to the emission lines from gas bound to the recoiling black hole Sounds like Reverend Wright on the can after downing a burrito
22 posted on
04/30/2008 8:39:57 AM PDT by
KenHorse
(It may be the only purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others)
To: RightWhale
Thanks for posting the article.
Added to my backlog of over 600 articles to read...
Cheers!
40 posted on
04/30/2008 7:22:34 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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Like, *PING*, dudes.
Cheers!
41 posted on
04/30/2008 7:23:11 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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43 posted on
04/30/2008 10:37:11 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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44 posted on
04/30/2008 10:37:36 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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<>Because the waves are emitted mainly in one direction, the black hole itself is pushed in the opposite direction</>
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I wonder why they favor one direction. I would think they radiate symmetrically. Something to do with their final point of impact perhaps?
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