new, massive black hole found

[Number 1 DJ]

here's an idea i just came up with: ever hear that the universe is contstantly growing bigger like at rapid rates? well i read that this is true. maybe these black holes give power to expanding the universealmost as if the universe is recyling itself and cleaning itself up an refocusing power.

it makes me sick how very little we kno. i wish a smarter alien race would come to earth in peace and share knowledge

[geonagual]

I'd go in that black hole if I was in a barrel with some pillows and shit to make it nice and cushioned..I might need an air tank or 2 also..

[VoidLivesOn]

yeah screw the lady who went down niagra falls in the barrel. you went through a fuckin' black whole in a barrel!

[dragonrider]

i wish a smarter alien race would come to earth in peace and share knowledge

Aliens do not come in peace to share their knowledge --- they only come to dine upon our succulent flesh. And to do anal probes. For some reason aliens have a thing for anal probes.

[dragonrider]

If you like the black hole story, you might like this.
Dead Stars Collide, Explode:

SPACE.com -- Dead Stars Collide, Explode

A massive explosion in the deep reaches of space stemmed not from one dying star, as is typical, but from two dead ones that collided as the climax of a long orbital dance, new research shows.

Two white dwarf stars slowly spiraled into each other to touch off a supernova explosion called SN 2006gz and discovered last year in a spiral galaxy some 300 million light-years from Earth, said the study's lead author Malcolm Hicken.

"This finding shows that nature maybe richer than we suspected, with more than one way to make a white dwarf explode," said Hicken, a graduate student at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

The research is detailed in the Nov. 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

A white dwarf is the remains of a star with too little mass on its own to end its stellar life as a supernova, the cataclysmic explosions that redistribute material back into space. The Sun, as well as stars with up to eight times its mass, will ultimately end up as white dwarfs.

Astronomers split supernovas into two categories: the explosion of a young, massive star whose core collapses, or the cataclysmic result of a white dwarf star siphoning gas from a stellar companion until it, too, blows itself apart.

Originally, astronomers thought that supernova SN 2006gz was just another example of a white dwarf stealing material from a partner star. But a closer look revealed signs of extra carbon and silicon, hallmarks of a smash-up between two white dwarf stars.

SN 2006gz was also brighter than researchers expected, suggesting that its origins included more material than the 1.4 solar mass upper limit of a single white dwarf star.

The observations offer new evidence for what until now has been only a theoretical way for supernovas to form. Since single white dwarf-spawned supernovas, also known as Type 1a explosions, are used as a standard for judging cosmic distances, separating them from those caused by two-white dwarf collisions will be critical for future research, Hicken said.

"[W]e have to be careful not to mistake a double white-dwarf explosion for a single white-dwarf blast," he added. "SN 2006gz was easy to recognize, but there may be less clear-cut cases."

[fallenangel14]

I only got one thing to say to that! BEAM ME UP SCOTTIE!

[dragonrider]

What the hell is left when two dead stars crash into eachother? There's a huge supernova explosion, but what is left? Black hole? Nuetron star? White dwarf? Little pile of ash like some kind of cosmic cashed bowl?

[Trip06]

I was watch some speacial on tv a while back on black holes, they actully suck stuff in and when the stuff gets so close its traveling at huge speeds thats why there black because its traveling faster than light. Also theres a theroy that there is 11 deferent universes that tie in with the big bang theroy which happens to coinside with the theory with evolution which also contradicts religion, god damn it. Sometimes I get so pissed having such a small brain.

[jessem98]

for everyone who likes this kind of stuff, watch Sliders! It explores what it would be like if we did cross the Einstein Podolsky bridge (parrallel earths). I was interested in this kinda stuff for a while, so look on wiki about quantum physics, complicated, but still very interesting none the less

[Call Me Steam]

Some of this material spirals toward the black hole, heats up, and gives off powerful X-rays before crossing the point of no return.

So is this how the Chandra X-Ray observatory works, by locating such rays? Man, you read something like that and it really hits home how intelligent people can be, and all the great things we are then capable of. Yet people all over the world live in fear, and we as humans have so many hurdles ahead of us, you wonder if your children's children will ever live on to carry your name. After reading an article like this, it really does make me think about how intelligent we are, with seemingly infinate potential, as a species. So, where do we start?
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