VADM JT KerryVADM JT KerryEngineering - Vice Admiral
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re: On this day, 400 years ago - First Image of a Black Hole
by VADM JT Kerry on 04/10/19 12:01
Below is the first image of a blackhole. It is a super massive blackhole (about 6.5 billion solar masses) at the heart of a an extremely large galaxy - M87, which is about 55 million light years away from the Sol system:
Enjoy,
JT
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COMO SapelScience - Commodore
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re: On this day, 400 years ago - First Image of a Black Hole
by COMO Sapel on 04/14/19 21:33
Her energy is contagious and yes - there were many involved but it's her fault!!
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re: On this day, 400 years ago - First Image of a Black Hole
by Christian M. Hanson on 04/18/19 22:06
Just sayin.... Maybe Sauron wasn't defeated in the middle ages?
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WupteedoScience - Fleet Captain
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re: On this day, 400 years ago - First Image of a Black Hole
by Wupteedo on 04/25/19 19:48
Disney's "The Black Hole"
Does time slow down the closer you get to the event horizon???
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re: On this day, 400 years ago - First Image of a Black Hole
by CAPT Preston on 04/27/19 10:04
Relatively speaking, yes and no
You would see yourself falling at normal speed, but to an observer outside the gravity well, you would appear to be going in slow motion.
Also, you'd be ripped to a million little pieces by the time you really noticed it.
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