Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Black hole: First picture of Milky Way monster WWW.BBC.COM Astronomers reveal the first ever image of the black hole at the core of our galaxy. Quote This is the gargantuan black hole that lives at the centre of our galaxy, pictured for the very first time. Known as Sagittarius A*, the object is a staggering four million times the mass of our Sun. What you see is a central dark region where the hole resides, circled by the light coming from super-heated gas accelerated by immense gravitational forces. For scale, the ring is roughly the size of Mercury's orbit around our star. That's about 60 million km, or 40 million miles, across. Fortunately, this monster is a long, long way away - some 26,000 light-years in the distance - so there's no possibility of us ever coming to any danger. Supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way seen for first time | Space | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Event Horizon telescope captures image giving a glimpse of the turbulent heart of our galaxy Quote An image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has been captured, giving the first direct glimpse of the turbulent heart of our galaxy. The black hole itself, known as Sagittarius A*, cannot be seen because no light or matter can escape its gravitational grip. But its shadow is traced out by a glowing, fuzzy ring of light and matter that is swirling on the precipice at close to the speed of light before its eventual plunge into oblivion. The image was captured by the Event Horizon telescope (EHT), a network of eight radio telescopes spanning locations from Antarctica to Spain and Chile, which produced the first image of a black hole, in a galaxy called Messier 87, in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Great stuff coming out of this other than just the picture. Looking forward to when science youtube start putting out videos going over the information (I like hearing their take on it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 So if it's at the center of the Milky Way, does that mean we (our solar system) is orbiting around this particular black hole? If so, that's pretty cool. That's also good news as that means it won't ever cross paths with our own part of the galaxy. And even if it had that possibility, it's so far away that it's laughable to even worry about. We are more likely to succumb to nuclear warfare or an asteroid strike before getting swallowed up by a black hole. And yeah, people like Scott Manley on youtube should have some really good content on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: So if it's at the center of the Milky Way, does that mean we (our solar system) is orbiting around this particular black hole? If so, that's pretty cool. Not exactly. We are orbiting the gravitational center of the milky way, the orbital rotation of which probably predates Sag A*, but supermassive black holes tend to form in the center of galaxies where there is the highest concentration of matter for them to grow to such enormous mass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 32 minutes ago, chakoo said: Great stuff coming out of this other than just the picture. Looking forward to when science youtube start putting out videos going over the information (I like hearing their take on it). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 looks like shit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I see a logo in mid motion coming along. New multiverse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, stepee said: looks like shit Lmao. You can’t even conceive of how tiny this light source is on our sky. This is the equivalent to using a football field sized magnifying glass to take a picture of an orange on the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 5 hours ago, stepee said: looks like shit Looks like someone forgot to clean the fingerprints off the lens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Fuck me. this videos perspective… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Looks like an out of focus pic of Spaghetti O’s, fucking embarrassing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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