Meanwhile we wait for world's first photograph of dark matter (Signal One reference joke), NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft have captured the most detailed image yet of the jet erupting from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87), yes the very same black hole to be imaged by humanity back in 2019 and 2025 respectively.
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Supermassive black holes and their host galaxies grow together over time, producing correlations between the black hole mass and various galaxy properties. Determining the evolution of these correlations requires precise measurements of the masses of distant black holes. We observe the gravitationally lensed quiescent galaxy MRG-M0138, at redshift 1.95, using JWST integral field spectroscopy to spatially resolve the kinematics of stars within the black hole's sphere of influence. By using a foreground lens model and fitting stellar dynamical models, we determine the mass of its inactive black hole, $M_{\bullet}=6.0^{+2.1}_{-1.7}\times10^9$ solar masses. Comparing this measurement to local galaxies, we find that $M_{\bullet}$ is higher than expected given the galaxy's bulge mass, but consistent with the correlation with stellar velocity dispersion.
Late Spring 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour
Do you know who those black Dodge trucks, with black on their fenders and wheel rims, would be perfect for? The man in black? For someone trying to camouflage themselves in a soot storm? For someone who wants to discreetly be swallowed up by a black hole? No. They would be perfect for middle order Mennonites. Those people who drive around in black cars but the chrome is too ostentatious for them, so they deliberately blacken all the chrome on their cars.
And currently the two braids, one on each side of the head is kind of in style. You know, the way that middle order Mennonite girls wear their hair.
As for the guys, they wear straw hats in the summer. Ones that look a lot like Panama hats. And Panama hats are kind of in style, too.
Congratulations for our culture which has finally made middle order Mennonites cool and fashionable! It’s about time!
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Are you still suffering from shock that 20 years ago the least liked part of the chicken, the wings, were so throwaway that you could get 10 for $2.
Well that was then and this is now. Now it costs $20 for those same 10 wings and if anything the price is going to go up even more.
Curse all those chefs who made cooking and seasoning wings so important that they are now considered to be the pinnacle of the chicken. Curse all those sporting events that demanded chicken wings be used as the only food to be eaten while enjoying those sports.
Maybe there will be a change when chicken wings cost $20 a pair. Then the rest of the chicken will be least liked and you can get it for a buck or two. That’s the day I look forward to, anyway.
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It is my belief that aliens are tall and hairy, much like the envisioning of Chewbacca by George Lucas and company.
And if they choose to land their ships on earth, they do it in out of the way places where they can’t be found. Certain spots in the rocky mountains ought to be hard enough to reach.
And out of necessity, such tall creatures would need to have big feet. You know the kind that leave you with a big impression.
It’s just too bad that we never see anything tall and hairy with big feet near the rocky mountains. Or else we could say that aliens exist!
#aliensAreHairyAndTall #bigFeet #blackHole #blackOnFenders #blackOnWheelRims #chickenWings #DodgeTrucks #fashionable #GeorgeLucas #likeChewbacca #manInBlack #middleOrderMennonites #nowExpensive #panamaHats #remoteRockiesLandingSites #soonVeryExpensive #sootStorm #strawHats #twoBraids #wereVeryCheapThe #Eye #Sun of the Great Seal of the United States of America is currently a #BlackHole of darkness seeking and ignorance prizing! Currently... We People keep choosing ignorance over teaching goodness!
REMASTERED IN HD!Soundgarden's official music video for 'Black Hole Sun'. Revisit more 90's music videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8&list=PL...
🕳️✨ Erstes enges Paar extrem massereicher Schwarzer Löcher entdeckt 📡
Ein internationales Forschungsteam, an dem das Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie beteiligt war, hat im Zentrum der Galaxie Markarian 501 etwas Außergewöhnliches gefunden: Es gibt Hinweise auf zwei supermassereiche Schwarze Löcher, die sich in einem extrem engen Orbit umeinander bewegen.
Beobachtungen über viele Jahre hinweg zeigen nicht nur einen, sondern gleich zwei Teilchenstrahlen (Jets), was ein starkes Indiz dafür ist, dass es sich um zwei „kosmische Giganten“ im letzten Stadium vor einer Verschmelzung handeln könnte.
Die beiden Schwarzen Löcher umrunden sich offenbar in nur rund 100 Tagen und könnten - kosmisch gesehen - schon in naher Zukunft miteinander verschmelzen. Dies ermöglicht einen seltenen Einblick in eine Phase, die bislang nur theoretisch vermutet wurde.🌌
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Yeeting humans out of Earth like pinball.
In terms of its speed, this quasar's wind could be called a category 79 hurricane. Every category of hurricane is about 20% faster than the category below it. Calling it category 79 gives an idea of just how fast it is, but of course this wind is unlike anything on Earth.
#Wind #BlackHole #SupermassiveBlackHoles #Hurricane #Speed #Space #Science #Quasar #J2318 #GravitationalForces #Energy
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