Science: Current Event #2: Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Turbulent Black Hole
Title of Article: Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Turbulent Black Hole
Source of the article: Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929155306.htm
Date article written: September 30th2011
Summary:
An international team of astronomers have revealed some striking features of a turbulent black hole; they found a very hot “convertor” corona hovering above the black hole also they found cold gas 'bullets' in hotter diffuse gas, speeding with velocities up to 700 km/s. This was found by a group of international astronomers lead by Dr. Jeele Kaastra of the SRON; Netherlands Institute for Space Research. The black hole the scientists studied is a “monster”: this black hole is located in the distant galaxy of Markarian 509, has a mass 300 million times that of the sun so it was an interesting black hole. Astronomers found this on September 30th, 2011; this article does not state where these studies were being taken.
This article connects to our unit because it talks about the mass of the black hole: in the galaxy Markarian 509, this black holes’ mass is 300 million times that of the sun. I think this is good for society because now we know some really important details and descriptions about this black hole. I chose this article because I like space and almost everything that is connected to space; also I think “Science Daily” is a reliable source to get articles for current events. I found this article in “Science Daily” which I think is the best source to get articles. Yes, I think “Science Daily” is a really reliable or trustworthy source for finding scientific articles. I learned that some black holes are really, really big; bigger than the sun and some other big stars. I agree with the astronomers because I think to study a black hole can lead into new discoveries. I felt really good because I think soon it will be normal to go to space, maybe even live there and go to school there; our technology is developing steadily.
WOW! I never knew black holes weighed so much!
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ReplyDeleteDid it mention in the article how they found the black hole? How was the sun hovering over a black hole? What a large mass it has!
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