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Hi .. I find this very interesting. Thank you for mentioning my post. 
posted by
BrightIrish
on February 6, 2008 at 4:29 PM
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I would love to see the black hole....this whole subject is so darn interesting Naut...hope you are having a good week~
posted by
Offy
on February 6, 2008 at 6:52 AM
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Re: Yeah, Naut, but speed kills, especially when you're accelerating into the
Yeah, but what a ride, saul...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 5, 2008 at 8:05 PM
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Yeah, Naut, but speed kills, especially when you're accelerating into the
well of a black hole.
posted by
saul_relative
on February 4, 2008 at 11:20 PM
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Re: Nautikos
TAPS, you're absolutely right, it's a fascinating site, I visit there often, and I can highly recommend it to everyone, they have stunning photos...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 7:35 PM
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Re: Perfect! A post about the heart of the galaxy--
Ciel, I just hope that our hearts are not as dark as the one found at the center of our galaxy...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 7:32 PM
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Re:
Sira, same as here. But not 100
mph, I'm afraid...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 7:30 PM
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Troosh
According to theory, mass can be compressed infintely, although physics only works up to Planck values, we know nothing of what goes on beyond that. (Although some physicists might dispute that.) It's so small, you couldn't possible see it even if you could peek into a black hole, which you of course you can't. As Gertrude Stein said, in a different context, 'There's nothing there, there...", lol.
And of course they're not 'escaping' into space, they are in space...
And nobody really knows what gravity is, we just know its effects. And nothing seems to be able to defy gravity but the so-called 'dark energy', and nobody knows what that is either, other than that it appears to have led to an ever accelerating rate of expansion of the Universe for the last 5 billion years or so...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 7:25 PM
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Nautikos
I love reading about outer space and the galaxies. One of my favorite internet sites is
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html and their daily photographs and information.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 4, 2008 at 4:52 PM
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Perfect! A post about the heart of the galaxy--
just in time for Valentine's Day!
posted by
Ciel
on February 4, 2008 at 4:27 PM
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Corbin
That's a neat black hole! We'd better be careful...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 4:27 PM
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Re: Shades of Carl Sagan....
Love your poem, Pat!
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 4:26 PM
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Re: Nautikos
You're right, Wiley! And I didn't say km/h, I said m/h...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 4:25 PM
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Re: Thanks for this informative and enlightening post !
You're welcome, afzal!
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 4:23 PM
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Re: what a lot of information here to store somewhere in the regions of my
Kabu, it might come in handy! And I understand you can achieve pretty high velocities on your broom stick...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 4:23 PM
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Yes, sam, I agree, where there's space for it! That's the only place where I do that...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 4, 2008 at 4:21 PM
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Naut,
Out here, the signs are more like...well, suggestions! If they say "maximum 100km/hour", we know they really mean 120.
posted by
Sira890
on February 4, 2008 at 11:22 AM
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Naut
The whole idea of the black hole kind of defies my logic. I just can’t wrap my head around small masses so compressed that they can defy gravity and travel so fast that they escape into space. Or when gravity’s crushing pressure finally wins and exhausts a star’s fuel and it eventually collapses and by definition becomes a black hole. I can read, and read, and read about the theories behind black holes and it’s just one of those things that escapes me (perhaps at a rate of 3,000 miles an hour).
posted by
Troosha
on February 4, 2008 at 9:03 AM
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posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 4, 2008 at 7:02 AM
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Shades of Carl Sagan....
Shooting stars and comets, gulping black holes in the yonder blue
I love the magical galaxy we live in, the whole blinking universe too.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 4, 2008 at 5:42 AM
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Nautikos
You live in TO and only go 100kmh? C'mon hoss, level with us, nobody drives that slow in cabbage town.LOL
posted by
WileyJohn
on February 3, 2008 at 8:32 PM
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Thanks for this informative and enlightening post !
posted by
afzal50
on February 3, 2008 at 7:34 PM
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what a lot of information here to store somewhere in the regions of my
mind, for some purpose I may have one of these days!!!!!!
posted by
Kabu
on February 3, 2008 at 7:27 PM
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Great info. I had read brightirish earlier. I think you should be able to go 100mph, in space! lol sam
posted by
sam444
on February 3, 2008 at 4:40 PM
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