Tag: black holes
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Space News (October 2020)
Hello everybody. In this Covid-19 (returning or ever-present, depending on which part of the globe you find yourself) madness, it is easy to forget…
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Outer Space and Martin Rees – reading suggestions
Every space lover has heard of Martin Rees, I bet. He’s (among other things) a UK Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and…
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Space Features of the Week (25 December)
Here my periodic summary of some of the space news worth discussing this week. As usual, I have provided a link and included my comments,…
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What’s up in space? Hidden galaxies, black holes and (many) waves
There are always a lot of things happening in outer space – probes, launches and explorations to keep us busy – but this week seems…
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Bosons and X-Rays – Hear the sound of natural particles
I have posted a while ago something about the music of space – ie, the eerie sounds celestial bodies make when translated into plasma…
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Amazing videos about space
Thanks to internet you have now access to a quantity of high-quality materials about space and stars simply unbelievable. You have only to browse…
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The Drake Equation – Why do we still bother?
“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way…
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Crowdsourcing, planet hunting and missing planes
There is no doubt that crowdsourcing is the buzzword these days, and its recent use in tracking down the mysteriously disappeared MH 370 plane…
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So, so beautiful
http://www.space.com/24299-weirdly-passive-black-hole-discovered-orbiting-fast-spinning-star-animation.html When a star meets a black hole a lot of strange things can happen. This video is eerily charming to look at.