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Understanding Black Holes (Part 1)
26 OctThis is the first part of understanding the different types of black holes. An introduction to what black holes are and what makes them suck so hard.
Links and things:
Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
(Did you notice, Deecrowseer??? I totally used the correct song.)
Links and other info:
Dheeraj Pasham’s Website
Clips taken from:
Event Horizon, 1997, Paramount Pictures
Stargate SG-1, S2 E16, 1998, MGM Television
Star Trek, 2009, Spyglass Entertainment & Bad Robot Productions
Picture of Stellar Mass Black Hole
Going Once… Going Twice…
17 Apr
On Monday (ok, let’s be honest, it was really Tuesday) there was a full lunar eclipse. I was at the observatory with hundreds of people (in a town so small you can drive from one end to the other in 10 minutes) for about 6 hours. It was brutal. Not because of the work, not because of the lateness, but because of the throngs of people. And it was for a partial lunar eclipse (or what some people want to call a ‘blood moon’ and that shouldn’t irritate me but it kind of does…)
This one was really hyped up on social media which is why it was so well attended. But the thing about lunar eclipses (especially partial) is they occur with great frequency, at least twice a year and they are so, so, so not a once in a lifetime event.
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