Massive black hole in galaxy center: Animation

Crowley

Not Aleister

Science

12 Dec 08 07:14

Crowley

Not Aleister

Control room

Joined: 17 Apr 02
Moves: 93345

12 Dec 08 07:14

"At the center of our Milky Way Galaxy lies a supermassive black hole. Once a controversial claim, this conclusion is now solidly based on 16 years of observations that map the orbits of 28 stars very near the galactic center."

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081211.html

bill718

Enigma

Seattle

Joined: 03 Sep 06
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14 Dec 08 08:46

Originally posted by Crowley
"At the center of our Milky Way Galaxy lies a supermassive black hole. Once a controversial claim, this conclusion is now solidly based on 16 years of observations that map the orbits of 28 stars very near the galactic center."

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081211.html

And your point is???😏

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
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14 Dec 08 15:07

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Originally posted by bill718
And your point is???😏

One big point is if you know the orbits, the timing and such, you can figure out the masses of both the black hole and the stars orbiting it. Fundamental data hard to get any other way. And your anti-science stance comes from what?
This is supposed to be a science forum unless I am mistaken so why don't you go back to general and let the big boys play, ok?

Silent Pawn

Joined: 09 Dec 08
Moves: 1742

14 Dec 08 16:41

if only we could solve the global warming problem

dannyUchiha

Joined: 12 May 07
Moves: 4650

15 Dec 08 20:26

That's very impressive!!!

Although I don't think it can do much for the global warming problem mentioned before.

Jigtie

Joined: 21 Nov 07
Moves: 4689

16 Dec 08 09:07

There's actually a black hole forming in Switzerland as we speak. So far
they've managed to control it using alien technology obtained after the
Roswell incident, but it's slowly getting out of hand. I can see it clearly from
my position now. It's... it's amazing... Things are being sucked into it. Cars,
buildings, the ground itself... and... and... it seems to tear them into thin
air. Amazing! Amazing!.. Amazing! It's growing! Oh my GOD! It's gro...

Chris Guffogg

Alekhine's Gun

🤔 Bolton

Joined: 10 May 07
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17 Dec 08 22:56

27,000 light years away.....for a moment there I was begining to worry.

Electric Red

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18 Dec 08 00:51

I remember seeing a series on the history channel about these black holes. Supposed to be one in the center of every galaxy yeah?

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53419

18 Dec 08 05:02

Originally posted by Electric Red
I remember seeing a series on the history channel about these black holes. Supposed to be one in the center of every galaxy yeah?

some have two in orbit around each other, the gravitational lens boys at LIGO are waiting for a couple like that to crash into each other generating a humungus gravity wave detectable across the universe.
I think they will have a long wait.