the-man-who-sold-za-warudo:

im-not-a-lovecraftian-monster:

michigander514:

the-telescope-times:

NASA just saw something come out of a black hole for the first time ever

You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black
holes typically suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA just
spotted something mighty strange at the supermassive black hole
Markarian 335.

Two of NASA’s space telescopes, including the Nuclear Spectroscopic
Telescope Array (NuSTAR), miraculously observed a black hole’s corona
“launched” away from the supermassive black hole. Then a massive pulse
of X-ray energy spewed out. So, what exactly happened? That’s what
scientists are trying to figure out now.

“This is the first time we have been
able to link the launching of the corona to a flare,” Dan Wilkins, of
Saint Mary’s University, said. “This will help us understand how
supermassive black holes power some of the brightest objects in the
universe.”

NuSTAR’s principal investigator, Fiona Harrison, noted that the
nature of the energetic source is “mysterious,” but added that the
ability to actually record the event should provide some clues about the
black hole’s size and structure, along with (hopefully) some fresh
intel on how black holes function. Luckily for us, this black hole is
still 324 million light-years away.

So, no matter what strange things it’s doing, it shouldn’t have any effect on our corner of the universe.

~ Blastr.com

Is that supposed to stop me from panicking about it?

They’re here

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I know at least three myths regarding the consequences of exactly this.