NASA and it's Black Hole

Discussion in 'Science, Technology, and Green Energy' started by Morning Star, Nov 7, 2015.

  1. Morning Star

    Morning Star Well-Known Member


    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.


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  2. 4north1side2

    4north1side2 Well-Known Member

    Cool stuff
     
  3. Gorath

    Gorath Well-Known Member

    Black holes are like F-5 tornadoes. They're fascinating to look at...from a great distance. Thank goodness for the Hubble space telescope and the other astronomical observatories around the world. If something is coming out of a black hole, then it might be a white hole or a wormhole. Has NASA determined what was coming out of the black hole? Was it radioactive space debris or light beams? Is it of a extraterrestrial origin? There are so many things out there in space.
     
  4. Cherok33

    Cherok33 Well-Known Member

    Fascinating! I have always been mesmerized by space snd literally all of the unknowns. This is pretty cool!
     
  5. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    Great thread
     

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