First glimpse of a black hole being born from a star’s remains

[Krank]

The birth of a black hole ACTUALLY detected by Hubble... incredible...


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2105588-first-glimpse-of-a-black-hole-being-born-from-a-stars-remains/

[dan_bgblue]

Pretty amazing art work. IIRC almost all the energy escaping a black hole is in spectrums not seen by humans

[Krank]

Pretty amazing art work. IIRC almost all the energy escaping a black hole is in spectrums not seen by humans

Black Holes are one of the phenomena that, almost by definition, never fail to fascinate. So recently still in the realm of mystery, now known to not only exist in staggering numbers, but are likely "engines" of most, perhaps "all" galaxies.

My favorite cosmic phenomena are Quasars, so named originally as an abbreviation of "Quasi-stellar object". Originally, only known as the brightest, most energetic, AND some of the furthest luminous "objects" in the Universe, they are now better known not as ONE object, per se, but as nascent early-in-formation galaxies, churning about their controlling, monstrous black holes, which feed voraciously on massive amounts of gas and other matter, feeding so much, in fact, that incredible amounts of mass and energy are transformed into hyper-energy, gamma-ray level stuff often, if not always, thus exponentially more powerful than just about anything we humans have ever seen anywhere near our "not feeding" black hole (Sagittarius A) and it's galaxy (OUR galaxy), the Milky Way.

Here's the cool thing... all of this churning and the resulting "chaotic" smashing of huge amounts of energy and matter also yield incredible amounts of early star formation amidst matter that never makes it "into" the black hole, thus these things could be seen as ultimate destroyers AND creators of that which we understand can lead to life, via the creation of star systems and their inevitable planets, some of which, invariably entail the possibility of the vital, but very very rarest form of water... liquid.

So as Supernovae have been seen, correctly, as the ultimate singular objects of destruction AND "creators" because of their resulting creation of complex elements and their gaseous/dust-filled nebulae that result in star formation, thus solar systems like ours... so also Quasars can be seen as, probably, the ultimate collective (galactic scale "object", if you will) destroyers AND creators in the Universe.

How many galaxies started as, or devolved into, quasars is something I am not sure of, but would like to know what leading theorists believe.

[Doc]

I caution folks to not Google image "black hole". You likely won't get what Krank is linking

[dan_bgblue]

Black hole stripped of it's stars in a trip thru a neighboring galaxy.

Nearly naked black hole (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102130932.htm)

[Crazy4Blue]

I caution folks to not Google image "black hole". You likely won't get what Krank is linking

This. Is. Hilarious.

[Krank]

Black hole stripped of it's stars in a trip thru a neighboring galaxy.

Nearly naked black hole (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102130932.htm)

Loved that article, dan. Been meaning to thank you for the link.

So often, the coolest science is that of the unexpected.

[dan_bgblue]

Left click on the picture to expand the view (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161201120240.htm)

[CitizenBBN]

I thought for sure this was going to be an article about Chris Jackson (I can't spell his current name). Kid thought it was a violation to pass the ball.