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Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble

Posted by Soulskill on from the reminds-me-of-a-buddy-of-mine dept.

PhrostyMcByte writes "12 million light-years away, in the outer spiral of galaxy NGC 7793, a bubble of hot gas approximately 1,000 light-years in diameter can be found shooting out of a black hole — one of the most powerful jets of energy ever seen. (Abstract available at Nature.) The bubble has been growing for approximately 200,000 years, and is expanding at around 1,000,000 kilometers per hour."

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  1. Jokes by SilverHatHacker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is just begging for a "your momma" joke. Anyone want to do the honors?

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    1. Re:Jokes by Lazareth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ya momma so fat that when she tried to mate with the local black hole it just went "hell no!"

    2. Re:Jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You know what else just emitted a thousand light-year wide gas bubble? ...

      Your Mom.

    3. Re:Jokes by Lazareth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      but do you know who lit it on fire? Right,

      Your mom.

      Now what does that tell us about our mothers?

    4. Re:Jokes by mcneely.mike · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ya momma's so Lesbian, she's trying to have sex with black women who tell her "hell no!".

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  2. Third grade truism by Scareduck · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He who smelt it, dealt it.

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    1. Re:Third grade truism by Dan+East · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Third grade? That one lasted me well into college.

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  3. Previous Record Holder by xmuskrat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The previous record holder for a gas bubble discharge was the Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent. This was done over a seven hour period while reciting his award-winning poem, "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning."

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  4. We can fix it... by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just send off a rocket full of this.

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  5. Go ahead by PPH · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pull my event horizon.

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