26-09-2013, 10:59 AM
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Make a Note on Your Calendar
Scientists believe that “There are lots of stars and gas clouds that could fall onto the hot disk around the black hole,” says Professor Bland-Hawthorn. “There’s a gas cloud called G2 that we think will fall in next year. It’s small, but we’re looking forward to the fireworks!”The galaxy’s supermassive black hole (which is at the centre of our galaxy) has been known for decades. It’s orbited by a swarm of stars whose paths let us measure the black hole’s mass: four million times the mass of the Sun.
The region around the black hole, called Sagittarius A* [“A-star”], pours out radio waves, infrared, X-rays and gamma rays.
Interesting article.
I'm a wee bit tempted to buy a telescope!
Will you be having a look when the date is revealed?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/black-hole-...2.html#cWx4UTw
26-09-2013, 11:42 AM
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Re: Make a Note on Your Calendar
I think I've mentioned it before on here, but there s a really good programme on TV at the moment called "How the Universe Works" - this week's programme was about black holes. I don't know how some of these astronomers keep any sense of proportion about everyday life when they are dealing with/thinking about such huge events and massive timescales. I think I'd be tempted to just sit there blankly going "Wow!"
26-09-2013, 11:45 AM
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Re: Make a Note on Your Calendar
Originally Posted by MickB
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I think I've mentioned it before on here, but there s a really good programme on TV at the moment called "How the Universe Works" - this week's programme was about black holes. I don't know how some of these astronomers keep any sense of proportion about everyday life when they are dealing with/thinking about such huge events and massive timescales. I think I'd be tempted to just sit there blankly going "Wow!"
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