Scientists spot really, really big black hole

LennonCook · 11-25-2004, 01:43 AM

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The discovery of a 12.7bn light-year distant supermassive black hole has challenged astronomers' understanding of star and galaxy formation. NASA's Chandra X-Ray observatory spotted the object, which is generating energy at the rate of twenty trillion suns, at the heart of a quasar formed less than a billion years after the big bang.

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[ 11-25-2004, 04:37 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

Jonas Strider · 11-25-2004, 02:44 AM

20,000,000,000,000 suns? Hope that's enough zeros I put there. Egads! That's ALOT of energy. I am in awe of the universe. Another amazing stuff.

wellard · 11-25-2004, 07:22 AM

A sport black hole? Is that the English cricket teams trophy cabinet?

On topic ... I just can not get my head around such big numbers.

shamrock_uk · 11-25-2004, 01:14 PM

Damn, I love cosmology. Thanks Lennon, some great links you've been posting! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Stratos · 11-25-2004, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by wellard:
A sport black hole? Is that the English cricket teams trophy cabinet?

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Azred · 11-25-2004, 08:02 PM

Well, at least they spotted evidence of a supermassive black hole. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]

It amazing how simple black holes are to understand once one studies the beautiful 11-dimensional cosmology of M-theory (or brane theory, whichever you prefer). There are alternate universes only angstroms away from ours, but we cannot percieve them or detect them. [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img]

11-25-2004, 02:44 AM	#2
Jonas Strider Manshoon Join Date: July 28, 2004 Location: Seattle-Redmond WA Age: 57 Posts: 178	20,000,000,000,000 suns? Hope that's enough zeros I put there. Egads! That's ALOT of energy. I am in awe of the universe. Another amazing stuff. __________________ Namaste

11-25-2004, 07:22 AM	#3
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	A sport black hole? Is that the English cricket teams trophy cabinet? On topic ... I just can not get my head around such big numbers. __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years

11-25-2004, 08:02 PM	#6
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 54 Posts: 4,037	Well, at least they spotted evidence of a supermassive black hole. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] It amazing how simple black holes are to understand once one studies the beautiful 11-dimensional cosmology of M-theory (or brane theory, whichever you prefer). There are alternate universes only angstroms away from ours, but we cannot percieve them or detect them. [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

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shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 41 Posts: 3,092	Damn, I love cosmology. Thanks Lennon, some great links you've been posting! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

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