Comments on: Followup on the star torn apart by a black hole: Hubble picture

By: liam

liam — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:31:31 +0000

is there a super massive black hole in the center of the milky way?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:05:05 +0000

The Eddington Limit does not exactly apply here. It's an equilibrium thing, and this event is a bit dynamic. While there is thought to be a general maximum rate for black holes to eat things through their accretion disks, it doesn't apply to dense objects eaten. Certainly not black hole mergers, probably not neutron star snacks, and maybe not direct hits from a star. There is a quasar in Virgo, 3C 273, you can see with an 8" backyard telescope. It looks like a star. Shouldn't be a surprise, since "quasar" comes from "Quasi-stellar". They could have called it an "asteroid", which means "star-like", except that we think of asteroids as something else now. Radom thought. If a "plutoid" is something that is "pluto-like", then is Pluto a "plutoid"? I'd say no. It's not like Pluto, it is Pluto.

By: Симфония всплеска GRB 110328A « KaBucha – Информационно – развлекательный портал. Самые неординарные новости сети.

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:08:24 +0000

[...] Когда через 45 минут в том же самом месте произошла ещё одна вспышка, стало понятно, что это событие не является обычным [...]

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:17:46 +0000

WHERE is it?
In which constellation, near which star(s) when we look into the night sky?
& what are the coordinates?

Not that we could see anything; just curious.

By: Progrés de la science | La création

Progrés de la science | La création — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:32:15 +0000

[...] a détecté une bouffée de rayons gamma de haute fréquence en provenance de GRB 110328A. Lorsque la même source s’est mise à émettre de nouveau après une pause de 45 minutes, il est devenu évident que cet événement n’avait rien à voir [...]

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:14:09 +0000

[...] Article initialement publié sur le blog de Discovery Magazine Bad Astronomy, sous le titre “Followup on the star torn apart by a black hole: Hubble picture” [...]

By: The GRB 110328A Symphony | Support Constellation

The GRB 110328A Symphony | Support Constellation — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:03:43 +0000

[...] the same source flared again after a 45 minute pause it was clear this event was not a typical gamma-ray [...]

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Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:13:27 +0000

[...] Hubble scores a picture of a star being eaten by a black hole; outputs more energy than our entire g… [...]

By: flip

flip — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:50:19 +0000

#46 Bedel

You just won the internets from me today. I thought I was the only one here who liked Farscape (and even better, Hynerian speech. Rygel is my fav)

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:59:20 +0000

@48 Bad Wolf: Hah!

“We must feed….we must feed…we must feed…”*shakes translator*”…you. If you are hungry.”