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[zerosum]

Hmm, I'm not sure if I'm more amazed at the size of the black hole, or the density of the galaxy itself.

I can't even imagine looking up into that night sky.

 

[Big-E]

A galaxy with a 300 light year diameter is blowing my mind. Obscene really to think about.

 

[Dark_AnNiaLatOr]

Man, I would love to see the night sky from one of the planets in that galaxy. 1 million viewable stars? That's insanity. I wonder if it'd practically be day all the time.

Nah, I don't think so, since 720p is like 1 million pixels.

 

[zerosum]

Nah, I don't think so, since 720p is like 1 million pixels.

So if I set my TV to 720p, tune it to one of the antenna channels with nothing but static, and press my face against the glass, it may simulate the effect of looking into this sky?

I'm on it...

 

[Monocle]

Space is awesome. Imagine all the beautiful sights we could see from other vantage points. Somebody should build an interstellar (or better, intergalactic) spacecraft to take mind blowing pictures. I would make the greatest Tumblr, I tell you.

My aunt told me on Sunday that black holes are made up by scientists to confuse people to keep them from going to church. She was completely serious. I'm going to send her this article.

That's sad.

 

[m_shortpants]

I wonder if humanity will ever leave our galaxy.

It's too inconceivable to even leave the solar system at this point. But damn, I get depressed thinking if we do, it'll never be in my lifetime.

 

[Mariolee]

I wonder if humanity will ever leave our galaxy.

It's too inconceivable to even leave the solar system at this point. But damn, I get depressed thinking if we do, it'll never be in my lifetime.

Just watch Interstellar. Should be the same thing.

 

[everyday math]

That picture doh. Scary

 

[Gromph]

Space is awesome. Imagine all the beautiful sights we could see from other vantage points. Somebody should build an interstellar (or better, intergalactic) spacecraft to take mind blowing pictures. I would make the greatest Tumblr, I tell you.


That's sad.

Indeed sad.

And way for the new "awesome" telescope launch.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I wonder if humanity will ever leave our galaxy.

It's too inconceivable to even leave the solar system at this point. But damn, I get depressed thinking if we do, it'll never be in my lifetime.

Voyager is the fastest thing we've made - it travels at five thousandths of a percent of the speed of light. Assuming it travelled the shortest path to an edge of the milky way, it would take almost 1.15 billion years to leave the galaxy.

Even if we had the ability to travel at 5% of the speed of light, it would take us 1.15 million years to leave the Milky Way..

 

[Master Yoshi]

I want to see a night sky there...

 

[Oblivion]

The black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy has the mass of four million suns. As heavy as that is, it is less than 0.01 percent of the Milky Way’s total mass. By comparison, the supermassive black hole at the center of M60-UCD1, which has the mass of 21 million suns, is a stunning 15 percent of the small galaxy’s total mass.

Meh, I've seen supermassive-er.

 

[Monocle]

Indeed sad.

And way for the new "awesome" telescope launch.

Yep, I'm looking forward to it!

 

[rokkerkory]

Geez i feel small as heck now

Wat if we are just tiny microbes in the sea of the multiverse?

 

[AnathemicOne]

Its time where I take in the sheer size of the universe (the galaxy even) that makes me confident that extraterrestial life does exist out there.

 

[ishibear]

Space is so beautiful and scary with how vast it is. This is amazing.

 

[GK86]

A galaxy with a 300 light year diameter is blowing my mind. Obscene really to think about.

I thought it was a mistake at the beginning. But Tash, mind blowing. Wish I could see that night sky.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

How long before we find a white hole?

 

[The Purple Pill]

hmm, no mention of our Galaxy will merge with Andromeda yet?

although it's a few billion years away, but i guess we know what fate our galaxy will have then, since this one had the that collision and future merge ahead of it.

 

[mephel]

Which means even black holes will eventually die and there will be nothing left in the universe but a few particles that only rarely interact.

Super fun times.

obligatory short story from Isaac Asimov regarding entropy
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html


I fucking love space.

 

[Huw_Dawson]

Damn, I heard yo mamma took a vacation, but I didn't think she'd gone that far.

 

[Escape Goat]

Damn, I heard yo mamma took a vacation, but I didn't think she'd gone that far.

 

[cHaotix8]

Its time where I take in the sheer size of the universe (the galaxy even) that makes me confident that extraterrestial life does exist out there.

Yeah, the universe is so vast and ancient that there has to be other lifeforms out there, at least at some point. It's like statistically impossible for there not to be!

 

[ReplacementPelican]

My aunt told me on Sunday that black holes are made up by scientists to confuse people to keep them from going to church. She was completely serious. I'm going to send her this article.

That is absolutely fucking amazing. What was her logic? I would love to listen to someone like this.

 

[StuBurns]

Doesn't it actually seem more likely that a massively dense galaxy would house a super-massive black hole? Black holes unify if they meet, so a denser galaxy will have them meet more often, and result in a larger black hole, no?

 

[Huw_Dawson]

That is absolutely fucking amazing. What was her logic? I would love to listen to someone like this.

Logic doesn't typically come into play with people like this.

 

[industrian]

How long before we find a white hole?

So what is it?

 

[Dictator93]

How long before we find a white hole?

Isnt the accretion disk of a blackhole pretty bright if you are near it? Or am I thinking of somthing else?

 

[Philia]

The freakiest bit about black holes is that once you're in it, you can see the back of your head... like in front of you.

The concept is so bizarre and creepy that it scares me. Scarier still that it saps light from anything.

http://blogs.redorbit.com/5-frightening-facts-about-black-holes/

 

[Aiii]

So, AstronomerGAF, am I right to conclude the density of this dwarf galaxy is likely to be in direct relation to the extreme mass (and pull) from the black hole?

 

[StuBurns]

The freakiest bit about black holes is that once you're in it, you can see the back of your head... like in front of you.

The concept is so bizarre and creepy that it scares me. Scarier still that it saps light from anything.

http://blogs.redorbit.com/5-frightening-facts-about-black-holes/

They don't really 'sap' light.

Every object in space has it's own gravitational pull, and to escape them you need to meet their specific 'escape velocity', black holes just require a greater escape velocity than the speed of light, so no light can leave.

 

[Pakoe]

DAMN UNIVERSE, YOU SCARY.