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Awesome picture of the center of our Galaxy. And, YES, there IS a black hole there!
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...re_eso_big.jpg
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
(This is a daily picture. If it's already passed, just browse the previous images. You'll find it.)
This is exciting. It's been argued for a LONG time of whether or not there's a black hole at the center of many galaxies.
Well, now we have a picture. 
There's a star orbiting the center of our galaxy at about the average distance as Pluto. What's it orbiting? Well, we can't see it, but it's REALLY tiny and has enough mass to keep an entire galaxy in orbit. 
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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That picture is 3 years old.
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I like it. and ZI think it 's pretty. But not as pretty as someone can do with a 3D program. I look at natural real things and wonder how good they would look if we were in a progarm like maya goodnight.
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IceEnclosure, you're drunk.
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i'm not i just woke up. i think i see the death star in that picture
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"I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's."
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"This space for rent" sign is in the bottom left. Mmm...
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Better watch out for the Klingon's near Uranus.
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Since when are yellow arrows part of the universe? I think that picture is fake.
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Originally Posted by rickey939
Since when are yellow arrows part of the universe? I think that picture is fake.
it's done with mirrors
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Originally Posted by nredman
Better watch out for the Klingon's near Uranus.
Uranus is big and gassy, isn't it?
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"Yields a falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields a falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
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Originally Posted by Gator Lager
it's done with mirrors
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Professional Poster
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I guess its all about `location, locations, location.`
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Space = waste of time and money.
...flame away...
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Black Hole... weird Disney movie.
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I thought black holes were just a theory??
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Originally Posted by Y3a
I thought black holes were just a theory??
So's evolution. Relativity. Electricity. 
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Originally Posted by Y3a
I thought black holes were just a theory??
So's gravity. However, there's lots of evidence that points towards them being real. Unlike God.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
So's gravity. However, there's lots of evidence that points towards them being real. Unlike God.
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Oh boy... here we go again.
Edit: In before move to PL
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Beautiful, the wonders of our galaxy. 
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
So's gravity. However, there's lots of evidence that points towards them being real. Unlike God.
^^ Moron who derailed his own thread and turned it into a flamefest.
I hope you know that you can never ask to keep religion out of any other your threads EVER again. Right?
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