December 6, 2006
Black Hole-y Crap
The language and decorum is taking a tumble around here.
I thought this was interesting: NASA telescope sees black hole gulping remote star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A giant black hole displaying horrifying table manners has been caught in the act of guzzling a star in a galaxy 4 billion light-years away, scientists using an orbiting NASA telescope said on Tuesday.
I know some folks are depressed about the elections, but a Democratic 110th is still better than being swallowed by a black hole. I guess we'll see.
Hat-tip: my lovely bride, by email.
The corrected headline should read, "NASA astronomers see star "gulped" by black hole 4 billion years ago." First, because telescopes don't see things, people do. Second, because light seen today that originated 4 billion light years from here, necessarily began its journey to us 4 billion years ago. (Now we need to figure out how to capitalize on the advance notice with respect to those rubes 1 billion light years downstream from us.)
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