Interesting... Does this mean that jump starting research on better detection of radiation from black holes is a good idea? Seems like this is a big deal to me... A black hole, no matter how "cold" or "young" it is presents a unique opportunity to observe some of the more exotic phenomena in our ever expanding universe.
Never heard of Hawking radiation... Assuming it's something to do with Stephen Hawking?
Hey, thanks for the prompt reply. Very well thought out response. Do we know what caused the black hole to form in the first place? I was under the impression that a black hole was created from the death of a star. So, does that mean that a star died somewhere in our galaxy to cause the black hole to form?
What are the potential implications of this discovery? Is there a chance that we could send probes to observe this thing (however we observe black holes) or what? I know that I heard something about a satellite that could gather information about gravity phenomena. Perhaps sending one of those suckers toward the black hole could yield some interesting results? Dunno, just thoughts.
Thanks again for the great reply.
Chrelad
Wonder what the orientation of the black hole is... Are we on the same plane as the accretion disk? How close are we to the event horizon? How close is the sun to the event horizon? Is it possible to collect and examine the radiation from black hole by approaching it from the "top"?
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Makes me not want to use Facebook. I hope that's the reaction they were looking for ;)
Agreed, websockets is the way to go. Webworkers + webgl + websockets + node.js + socket.io + key/value store = :D
Cool, good find! Will definitely be keeping an eye on this one. Thanks again for the great article. Chrelad
Cool, thanks for the great info... I'll check into this :)
Interesting... Does this mean that jump starting research on better detection of radiation from black holes is a good idea? Seems like this is a big deal to me... A black hole, no matter how "cold" or "young" it is presents a unique opportunity to observe some of the more exotic phenomena in our ever expanding universe. Never heard of Hawking radiation... Assuming it's something to do with Stephen Hawking?
Hey, thanks for the prompt reply. Very well thought out response. Do we know what caused the black hole to form in the first place? I was under the impression that a black hole was created from the death of a star. So, does that mean that a star died somewhere in our galaxy to cause the black hole to form? What are the potential implications of this discovery? Is there a chance that we could send probes to observe this thing (however we observe black holes) or what? I know that I heard something about a satellite that could gather information about gravity phenomena. Perhaps sending one of those suckers toward the black hole could yield some interesting results? Dunno, just thoughts. Thanks again for the great reply. Chrelad
Wonder what the orientation of the black hole is... Are we on the same plane as the accretion disk? How close are we to the event horizon? How close is the sun to the event horizon? Is it possible to collect and examine the radiation from black hole by approaching it from the "top"?