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First Science From A Virtual Observatory
mindpixel writes "I first mentioned Virtual Observatories in my July 2000 Slashdot interview. Now, nearly four years later, Spacetelescope.org is reporting a European team has used the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (AVO) to find 30 supermassive black holes that had previously escaped detection behind masking dust clouds. The identification of this large population of long-sought 'hidden' black holes is the first scientific discovery to emerge from a Virtual Observatory. The result suggests that astronomers may have underestimated the number of powerful supermassive black holes by as much as a factor of five."
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thats a ginormungus number of black holes to have mistakenly quantified.
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The identification of this large population of long-sought 'hidden' black holes is the first scientific discovery to emerge from a Virtual Observatory
:-) Just made me wonder who is good enough to pull a joke like that on "us".
While not entirely a SETI oriented comment or question, I guess I was just wondering/typing out loud...Remember the Dinosaur?
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Mmmm. little brown ring.
There's a black hole in my pocket, must be. It formed about the same time as my girlfriend moved in, ever since then my money just vanishes.
> I don't mess around with black holes.
Maybe that's why you're still single.
My car is a black hole. it keeps sucking in any money near it out of this universe.
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