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Supermassive Black Hole Is Thrown Out of Galaxy

Posted by samzenpus on from the moving-to-better-quarters dept.

DarkKnightRadick writes "An undergrad student at the University of Utrecht, Marianne Heida, has found evidence of a supermassive black hole being tossed out of its galaxy. According to the article, the black hole — which has a mass equivalent to one billion suns — is possibly the culmination of two galaxies merging (or colliding, depending on how you like to look at it) and their black holes merging, creating one supermassive beast. The black hole was found using the Chandra Source Catalog (from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory). The direction of the expulsion is also possibly indicative of the direction of rotation of the two black holes as they circled each other before merging."

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  1. The comedy is too easy on this one... by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

    - The black hole was thrown out for arguing the balls and strikes.

    - The galaxy wanted one of the new Energy Star black holes.

    - The galaxy couldn't turn down the Universe's Cash For Clunkers program to trade in the used black hole.

    - Circling each other must be the intergalactic version of foreplay.

    - The merger of these black holes is actually pending shareholder approval.

    1. Re:The comedy is too easy on this one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...And the galaxies said, "You SUCK!! Go away!"

    2. Re:The comedy is too easy on this one... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your black hole is so super-massive, when it sits around the galaxy, it sits a-r-o-u-n-d the galaxy.

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    3. Re:The comedy is too easy on this one... by Sulphur · · Score: 5, Funny

      It all started with a LHC.

    4. Re:The comedy is too easy on this one... by Jason+Levine · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, this was for the hit program "Survivor: Galaxy" and the black hole was just voted off.

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    5. Re:The comedy is too easy on this one... by vrmlguy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Somewhere there's a supermassive bouncer...

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  2. And stay out! by sirket · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sorry :)

  3. Whoa by Xaemyl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thats heavy, man!

    1. Re:Whoa by Dragoniz3r · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's deep, for sure.

    2. Re:Whoa by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why are things so heavy in the future?

      Is there a problem with the galaxy's gravitational pull?

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  4. neat by BeaverCleaver · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish I had done something worthy of the front page of Slashdot when I was an undergrad.

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  5. The fat ass by oldhack · · Score: 2, Funny

    had it coming.

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  6. Re:Good riddance. by Samah · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course nobody would mind having a while hole in the neighborhood.

    Kryten: I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole...

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  7. Incredible Energies Involved by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was so much power involved in the interaction between those two black holes that millions of apostrophes were flung violently out of the two merging galaxies. One of them landed in the middle of this summary's word "its" and making the editor appear to be an idiot.

    I mean, I can't think of any other reason it's there.

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  8. Muse anyone? by Icegryphon · · Score: 3, Funny
    instantly in my head, the song is playing.

    Oh baby dont you know I suffer?
    Oh baby can you hear me moan?
    You caught me under false pretenses
    How long before you let me go?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw

  9. Re:So who is it aimed at? by mgblst · · Score: 3, Funny

    Considering how long this takes to get anywhere, whomever it is aimed at hasn't even evolved from pond scum yet.

    So still in the republican phase of existence.

  10. the boys from Muse... by trum4n · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... are gonna be pissed.

  11. Re:We are... by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, if we got hit with this thing we'd be only worth about 15 points.

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  12. Galactic Pool? by Chas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Saint Peter: Eight Ball in the corner pocket?
    God: Nah, jumped the bumper.
    Saint Peter: Ooh. Not good!
    God: What was that? You wanted a long tour of Hell?
    Saint Peter: I mean SPECTACULAR SHOT MY LORD!

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  13. Obligatory by mixmasta · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Now GET THE HELL out of our galaxy!"

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