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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mobius on November 15, 2010, 11:57:29 am
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Did you follow them on stream? As far as I could understand, they found out something new about black holes. Any clues? What's going on?
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Chandra spotted a young black hole. Exciting and scientifically valuable.
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The funny thing is that, if I got it right, they're working with Russians on this one.
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NASA has been working with the Russians in one capacity or another for years. Decades, even.
Although I actually hadn't heard about any Russian involvement on this find.
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It's a surprise...
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Unless it involves Putin wrestling a singularity shirtless I don't think it's going to surprise anybody.
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Unless it involves Putin wrestling a singularity shirtless I don't think it's going to surprise anybody.
"Putin on the Ritz"
(http://usera.imagecave.com/giavasan/putin%20on%20the%20ritz.gif)
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US and European astronauts have been hitching rides to and from the ISS onboard the russian Soyuz craft for years, cooperation with the Russians on the space program is hardly a new thing. They're the ones with the most affordable space vehicle, and (as a consequence) the busiest space port in the world (Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan).
Haven't heard anything about their involvement in this thing either, but I could have just missed it.
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Baby Blackhole (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/youngest-nearby-black-hole-discovered-101115.html)
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It's a 50 million year old black hole.
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Chandra spotted a young black hole. Exciting and scientifically valuable.
The funny thing is that, if I got it right, they're working with Russians on this one.
Paging Dr. Bowman...
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Awwww, baby black holes are soooo cuuuuuute. :3
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I think they suck.
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OMG THEY FOUND A PIRATE DINOSAUR IN SPAAAAAAAACE
http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Raptor-Pirates-Patrick-OBrien/dp/0802795714#reader_0802795714
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Chandra spotted a young black hole. Exciting and scientifically valuable.
The funny thing is that, if I got it right, they're working with Russians on this one.
Paging Dr. Bowman...
omg it's full of stars
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I think they suck.
In the literal sense? :lol:
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Chandra spotted a young black hole. Exciting and scientifically valuable.
The funny thing is that, if I got it right, they're working with Russians on this one.
Paging Dr. Bowman...
omg it's full of stars
no o, just mg
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It was a silent O.
that's what she said
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equals O !
More seriously, I wonder how much this baby weighs.
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probly more than the sun.
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Aye, the upper limit for forming a neutron star is about 3 solar masses, so it's bound to be at least that.
I just think it'd be interesting to know since they believe the parent star's mass was about at the lower limit for producing a black hole. I'd expect some form of loose relationship between the two.
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Baby got back.
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Chandra spotted a young black hole. Exciting and scientifically valuable.
Chandra is awesome. It was so big that they had to launch it on Columbia, which was the only shuttle that had enough room in the cargo bay for it to fit. (All the other shuttles had previously had their internal airlocks removed and replaced with external airlocks, which took up space in the cargo bay.) But Columbia was also the heaviest shuttle, so they had to use the super light-weight version of the external tank, AND previous-generation main engines that were lighter and more powerful but also less safe, AND partially disassemble the shuttle to remove still more weight -- all of which required a whole bunch of engineering waivers. And THEN during launch, two of the main engine controllers shorted out and one of the engines developed a fuel leak, resulting in a premature main engine cutoff. It was the first mission to have a female shuttle commander, too. Despite all this, the mission was a smashing success.
The launch was pretty epic. I highly recommend watching this video (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=442.0) about it, or reading the transcript. Edge-of-your-seat NASA stuff.
So I guess this post was more about how Columbia was awesome. But Chandra is awesome too. :nervous: