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Apr 24 2016 04:48am
"You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes typically suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA just spotted something mighty strange at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335.

Two of NASA’s space telescopes, including the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), miraculously observed a black hole’s corona “launched” away from the supermassive black hole. Then a massive pulse of X-ray energy spewed out. So, what exactly happened? That’s what scientists are trying to figure out now.

“This is the first time we have been able to link the launching of the corona to a flare,” Dan Wilkins, of Saint Mary’s University, said. “This will help us understand how supermassive black holes power some of the brightest objects in the universe.”

NuSTAR’s principal investigator, Fiona Harrison, noted that the nature of the energetic source is “mysterious,” but added that the ability to actually record the event should provide some clues about the black hole's size and structure, along with (hopefully) some fresh intel on how black holes function. Luckily for us, this black hole is still 324 million light-years away.

So, no matter what strange things it’s doing, it shouldn’t have any effect on our corner of the universe."



http://www.blastr.com/2015-11-4/nasa-just-saw-something-come-out-black-hole-first-time-ever
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Apr 26 2016 08:18pm
I always appreciate a good black hole photograph, I wonder which F setting they use?
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Apr 26 2016 09:20pm
the universe is amazing
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Apr 27 2016 12:07am
@ op:

plenty 'odd' behaviour of or at black holes has been observed by 'NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory'
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/nasa-s-chandra-finds-supermassive-black-hole-burping-nearby.html
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Apr 27 2016 12:08am
Maybe it was other beings traveling through it
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Apr 28 2016 06:39am
Someone should give that NASA photoshop artist some credit... They only mention the telescopes...

Once upon a time they said its only possible to detect black holes by observing the distortion of light around them and their gravitational effect on objects surrounding them... Now it seems we can directly see them 😪
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Apr 28 2016 12:22pm
Quote (luckspin @ Apr 28 2016 07:39am)
Someone should give that NASA photoshop artist some credit... They only mention the telescopes...

Once upon a time they said its only possible to detect black holes by observing the distortion of light around them and their gravitational effect on objects surrounding them... Now it seems we can directly see them 😪


Nasa created photoshop, they deserve some credit for shaping modern computer software.
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Apr 30 2016 02:08pm
Quote (luckspin @ Apr 28 2016 02:39pm)
Someone should give that NASA photoshop artist some credit... They only mention the telescopes...

Once upon a time they said its only possible to detect black holes by observing the distortion of light around them and their gravitational effect on objects surrounding them... Now it seems we can directly see them 😪


they kinda mention a xray burst flare if you read past the first sentence
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