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Black Hole Picture Released

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  • T theoldfool

    Right after it swallowed a planet, I could see lawyers rushing to the scene. :)

    If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

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    CodeWraith
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    Please. That would be a good way to dispose of them.

    I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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    • P PeejayAdams

      [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

      Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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      ZurdoDev
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      If you stare at it for 2 minutes straight and then look somewhere else you can see an image of Justin Bieber.

      Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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      • T theoldfool

        Right after it swallowed a planet, I could see lawyers rushing to the scene. :)

        If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

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        Rick York
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        That would be a good start.

        "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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          If you stare at it for 2 minutes straight and then look somewhere else you can see an image of Justin Bieber.

          Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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          Lost User
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          well that's a waste of time... can get the same result faster from a quick glance in the toilet (after a successful visit). bonus (of sorts): sealion dying celine dion will be there too.

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          • D Daniel Pfeffer

            Oh my God - it's full of stars!

            Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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            Ron Anders
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            Yeah, all the atheist hollywood stars. :-D

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              [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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              Mark_Wallace
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              It's amazing how they got the picture -- by taking away everything that they've decided isn't what a black hole should look like. The sheer scope of the editing they carried out leaves the average photoshopper a gazillion light years behind.

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                Yeah, all the atheist hollywood stars. :-D

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                Daniel Pfeffer
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                It's actually a quote from 2001: A Space Odyssey, as David Bowman falls into the star gate.

                Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                • P PeejayAdams

                  [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

                  Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                  H Brydon
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                  Let me get this straight ... a picture of a black hole. In color. And it isn't black. Got it.

                  I'm retired. There's a nap for that... - Harvey

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                    Let me get this straight ... a picture of a black hole. In color. And it isn't black. Got it.

                    I'm retired. There's a nap for that... - Harvey

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                    Mycroft Holmes
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                    Yep that a picture of something that does not allow light to escape is event horizon. I think we need to read the article.

                    Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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                    • P PeejayAdams

                      [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

                      Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                      CodeZombie62
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                      Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come

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                      • M Mark_Wallace

                        It's amazing how they got the picture -- by taking away everything that they've decided isn't what a black hole should look like. The sheer scope of the editing they carried out leaves the average photoshopper a gazillion light years behind.

                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                        jRaskell1
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                        That's not how it works This is how it works

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                        • P PeejayAdams

                          [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

                          Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                          Tomz_KV
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                          Is this the front view? What would it look like if a picture is taken from the back or a side?

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                            well that's a waste of time... can get the same result faster from a quick glance in the toilet (after a successful visit). bonus (of sorts): sealion dying celine dion will be there too.

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                            MKJCP
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                            That's an ugly flotilla.

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                            • T Tomz_KV

                              Is this the front view? What would it look like if a picture is taken from the back or a side?

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                              PeejayAdams
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                              That's what I've been wondering. Obviously there's no practical way to find out but wouldn't it be cool if it looked like that from every possible angle?

                              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                                That's what I've been wondering. Obviously there's no practical way to find out but wouldn't it be cool if it looked like that from every possible angle?

                                Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                                Tomz_KV
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                                We can only guess. Likely it looks similar from other angles if it is really formed from a dying star.

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                                • T Tomz_KV

                                  We can only guess. Likely it looks similar from other angles if it is really formed from a dying star.

                                  TOMZ_KV

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                                  Herbie Mountjoy
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                                  Thinking about it, if the luminescence surrounds the black hole, then we should not be able to see through it into the blackness. What we have in the picture is a section through a black hole isn't it. Or are we lucky to be located just where there is a gap in the aura (or whatever it's called) from our point of view. I've got a headache... We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.

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                                    That's not how it works This is how it works

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                                    Mark_Wallace
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                                    Er, yeah. And the difference, taken over that distance, is less than a hundred-thousand-billionth (in real billions , not the tiny US ones) of a millimetre -- to see around a succession of great big huge celestial bodies and dust clouds, the furthest of which are are really, really close to the whatever-it-is, and all of which are affecting the few photons we receive in different ways. All the rest is the equivalent of photoshopping. But go ahead, believe the bullsh1t... hype... very, very scientific explanation, if you want to

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                                      Er, yeah. And the difference, taken over that distance, is less than a hundred-thousand-billionth (in real billions , not the tiny US ones) of a millimetre -- to see around a succession of great big huge celestial bodies and dust clouds, the furthest of which are are really, really close to the whatever-it-is, and all of which are affecting the few photons we receive in different ways. All the rest is the equivalent of photoshopping. But go ahead, believe the bullsh1t... hype... very, very scientific explanation, if you want to

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                      jRaskell1
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                                      Mark_Wallace wrote:

                                      bullsh1t... hype...

                                      Thanks for making it crystal clear there's zero point continuing this line of.. whatever.

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                                        [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

                                        Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                                        Robert Not The Pirate
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                                        That's what a donut looks like to me befgore I put on my eyeglasses each morning.:cool:

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                                        • P PeejayAdams

                                          [First ever black hole image released - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592) "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

                                          Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                                          kdmote
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                                          And now, an even higher res picture I just found... https://twitter.com/kmote/status/1115991794678784000

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