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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

ThoughtsOnTheUnforseen pt3

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A Real Whopper: Black Hole Is Most Massive Known


Senior Writer SPACE.com

– Mon Jun 8, 3:15 pm ET


PASADENA, CALIF. — The most massive black hole yet weighed lurks at the heart of the relatively nearby giant galaxy M87. .......the revised mass could impact astronomers' theories of how galaxies grow and form. The new measure suggests that other black holes in nearby large galaxies could also be much heftier than current measurements suggest, and it could help astronomers solve a longstanding puzzle about galaxy development. Now astronomers think that most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have supermassive black holes at their centers.


and now for the punchline:


We did not expect it at all," said team member Karl Gebhardt of the University of Texas at Austin.


which leads to the question:


WHAT ELSE HAS ESTABLISHED SCIENCE OF THE 21st CENTURY....NOT EXPECT AT ALL!!!!??????????....hmmmm


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