Tag Archives: General Relativity

Black hole seen for first time in image showing matter being sucked into timeless oblivion

Posted on April 10, 2019 by The Great One

What an amazing achievement!!! Just consider that the photograph of the black hole seen below was taken at the center of a galaxy that is 55 million light-years away from earth! That’s 186,282 (miles per second) x 60 (seconds) x … Continue reading →

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The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Proving Einstein Correct

Posted on August 10, 2017 by The Great One

If ever there was a reason for hoping that life after death was a real phenomenon, this is it. Just imagine how Einstein would feel in KNOWING that his theories were correct!  Obviously, this would also apply to countless other … Continue reading →

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Mystery of Galaxy Evolution Revealed by Distant Cosmic Lens

Posted on October 24, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com  By Denise Chow, Staff Writer The most distant cosmic lens — a galaxy whose gravity warps and deflects light from an even more distant stellar nursery — has been discovered by … Continue reading →

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The 11 Most Beautiful Mathematical Equations

Posted on January 31, 2013 by The Great One

Science is a beautiful thing… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com Mathematical equations aren’t just useful — many are quite beautiful. And many scientists admit they are often fond of particular formulas … Continue reading →

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Elusive Dark Energy Is Real, Study Says

Posted on September 13, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below: Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com Dark energy, the mysterious substance thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe, almost certainly exists despite some astronomers’ doubts, a new study says. After … Continue reading →

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Japan astronomers find most distant galaxy cluster

Posted on April 25, 2012 by The Great One

To think that each one of those tiny disks in the photograph is a galaxy, some similar to our own Milky Way while others being much larger; each containing trillions of stars, planets, moons, asteroids, etc. is truly mind-boggling. Add … Continue reading →

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Pulsing Stars Could Probe Space-Time Around Black Holes

Posted on April 13, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor, Space.com | SPACE.com If a pulsing star exists near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, where a giant black hole is thought to lurk, … Continue reading →

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For Fully Mature Black Holes, Time Stands Still

Posted on January 28, 2011 by The Great One

Super cool stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer Space.com clara Moskowitz, Space.com Senior Writer space.com Thu Jan 27, 3:30 pm ET The end of a black hole’s evolution may be a mind-bending kind of space-time independent of … Continue reading →

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