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Fate of gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
I watched the program on the Science Channel discussing this event but it is over 6 months out of date. When I tried to find some more recent data I can't find anything newer. So do any of you have access to more recent reports? Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Very interesting but I don't think this cloud is the same one. The cloud I'm referring to is supposedly being gobbled up by the super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Very interesting but I don't think this cloud is the same one. The cloud I'm referring to is supposedly being gobbled up by the super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy. Bob, found three links, not sure if these are right?? http://yottafire.com/2013/12/cosmic-weather-balloon-center-milky-way/ A Cosmic Weather Balloon at the Center of the Milky Way http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-gas-cloud-milky-ways-galactic-center-01236.html Astronomers Spy Mysterious Gas Cloud at Milky Way’s Galactic Center http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2013/10/24/hungry-rumblings-black-hole-center-milky-way/#.UrFBLSfTDSc Hungry Rumblings from the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Thanks Lynn. the first and last link you posted are more recent than any I could find. The second one is from July and I had already read it. I am surprised there is not more being published about this cloud and it's possible fate. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Welcome Bob. Gas clouds would be eaten by a black hole. So why is this one different?? |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
This one is special because up to now the actual event has never been observed live. Depending on how quickly the black hole devours the gas cloud the light emitted as the gas crosses the event horizon could be very energetic and reveal new science about black holes. Or it could consume the gases very slowly over the next few years and not be that big of a deal. Either way it won't be visible to the naked eye and can only be detected by certain telescopes. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Scientists still don't know where exactly the gas cloud came from. This is sort of looks like Science fiction, except it's real. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
What we are observing is simply at the present, beyond our scientific knowledge. Also what we are seeing happened millions of years ago anyway, and may be completely different now. Actually what we are seeing at the center of our galaxy is only about 25,000 tears ago as that is how many light years were are from the center of our galaxy. Objects that close to the center of the galaxy only take a few years to make a full trip around the center unlike the millions of years it takes the sun to make one orbit. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
about 25,000 tears ago LOL the perils of typing in the dark. Y and T key are next door neighbors. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
update... http://phys.org/news/2014-01-rare-milky-core.html A rare crash at the Milky Way's core University of Michigan astronomers could be the first to witness a rare collision expected to happen at the center of the galaxy by spring. |
Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 216 Credit: 3,790,200 RAC: 0 |
Another case of overeating? Now, for the first time, astronomers may have a chance to watch as a giant black hole consumes a cosmic snack. Click HERE for the complete article. |
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