SmeeAgain Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Quote WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - An international scientific team on Wednesday announced a milestone in astrophysics - the first-ever photo of a black hole - using a global network of telescopes to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong no matter or light can escape. The research was conducted by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, an international collaboration begun in 2012 to try to directly observe the immediate environment of a black hole using a global network of Earth-based telescopes. The announcement was made in simultaneous news conferences in Washington, Brussels, Santiago, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo. The image reveals the black hole at the center of Messier 87, a massive galaxy in the nearby Virgo galaxy cluster. This black hole resides about 54 million light-years from Earth. Black holes, phenomenally dense celestial entities, are extraordinarily difficult to observe despite their great mass. A black hole's event horizon is the point of no return beyond which anything - stars, planets, gas, dust and all forms of electromagnetic radiation - gets swallowed into oblivion."This is a huge day in astrophysics," said U.S. National Science Foundation Director France Córdova. "We're seeing the unseeable." The fact that black holes do not allow light to escape makes viewing them difficult. The scientists look for a ring of light - disrupted matter and radiation circling at tremendous speed at the edge of the event horizon - around a region of darkness representing the actual black hole. This is known as the black hole's shadow or silhouette. The project's researchers obtained the first data in April 2017 using telescopes in the U.S. states of Arizona and Hawaii as well as in Mexico, Chile, Spain and Antarctica. Since then, telescopes in France and Greenland have been added to the global network. The global network of telescopes has essentially created a planet-sized observational dish. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/remarkable-image-of-black-hole-released-in-astrophysics-breakthrough/ar-BBVMHBs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 10, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 10, 2019 Amazing and very cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 10, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 10, 2019 Very cool indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Sounds like they have finally discovered one of Polaris550's posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted April 10, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted April 10, 2019 :cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmeeAgain Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 4 hours ago, jtssrx said: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Well, the accretion disk is flat.. So you have that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just now, SmeeAgain said: Well, the accretion disk is flat.. So you have that.... Zoiks! Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) Neal Edited April 10, 2019 by NaturallyAspirated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmeeAgain Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just now, NaturallyAspirated said: Neal Wow! That's just awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Kudos to Katie. Must be a sharp cookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 1 hour ago, NaturallyAspirated said: Neal You’re a fucking sheep!!! All of you that believe this retarded bs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 10, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, jtssrx said: You’re a fucking sheep!!! All of you that believe this retarded bs. Dude you are the one that believes in some asinine conspiracy theory that every govt and scientists in the world is in on for no particular reason or financial gain. Edited April 10, 2019 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, jtssrx said: You’re a fucking sheep!!! All of you that believe this retarded bs. What retarded BS is that. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Neal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Crappie Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Anler said: Sounds like they have finally discovered one of Polaris550's posts. His customers call his lips the "event horizon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmeeAgain Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 16 hours ago, NaturallyAspirated said: What retarded BS is that. Neal TBH, I can't believe anyone is really that dumb. How could his posts not be a joke to get reactions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmeeAgain Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 The full pic... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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