NASA just saw something come out of a black hole for the first time ever

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NASA just saw something come out of a black hole for the first time ever

Trent Moore
Wed, Nov 04, 2015 12:03pm

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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.






NASA just saw something come out of a black hole for the first time ever

 

[member 3289]

One of @teamquestnorth's lady friends give birth?

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

This thread will end up in Fapout.

 

[kneeblock]

This is from an old source and isn't in wide reports anywhere else. It sounds like it was written as a mix up with the possible gamma ray ejection Fermi Lab reported with the black hole merger.

You've been following Rogan on Twitter haven't you.

 

[Hauler]

Not. Possible.

 

[La Paix]

This is from an old source and isn't in wide reports anywhere else. It sounds like it was written as a mix up with the possible gamma ray ejection Fermi Lab reported with the black hole merger.

You've been following Rogan on Twitter haven't you.

I saw its older but ya I came across it on Twitter today.

 

[TheFifthScallop]

This is from an old source and isn't in wide reports anywhere else. It sounds like it was written as a mix up with the possible gamma ray ejection Fermi Lab reported with the black hole merger.

You've been following Rogan on Twitter haven't you.

My immediate thought, lol.

 

[sparkuri]

Oh look, a buncha dudes who don't know what the fuck is going on with the universe are confused again.
This is the biggest non-event since diseased fleas on rat-back didn't have a fucking thing to do with the black plague, BUT TEACHERS, KEEP ON TEACHIN'!!!

 

[La Paix]

Oh look, a buncha dudes who don't know what the fuck is going on with the universe are confused again.
This is the biggest non-event since diseased fleas on rat-back didn't have a fucking thing to do with the black plague, BUT TEACHERS, KEEP ON TEACHIN'!!!

I'd like to see try and tell thverge.com they aren't leading the way in science news bro...

The flea that carried the bubonic plague lives in New York City

 

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