Wednesday, November 28, 2012

[Science] Galaxy-squatting black hole set for the record books

Galaxy-squatting black hole set for the record books
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jw5tPM0iBoxRQDrwryguo_7D5Zsw?docId=CNG.612bfc0c438b5f19ca40304c1e012084.101
PARIS - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found possibly the biggest black hole ever observed, a leviathan with a mass 17 billion times that of the Sun, brooding at the heart of a distant galaxy.

MONSTER QUASAR BLAST blows stunned astro boffins' WIGS OFF
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2239886/Black-hole-sun-It-looks-like-exploding-star--picture-fact-shows-galaxy-black-hole-size-17BILLION-suns.html
Physics boffins have discovered a dying galaxy whose black hole core has emitted the biggest burst of energy ever to be found by scientists.

Chandra Space Telescope: Revealing the Invisible Universe
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/gb1428.html
Red represents low-energy X-rays, the medium range is green, and the most energetic ones are colored blue. The blue hand-like structure was created by energy emanating from the nebula around they dying star PSR B1509-58.

Ocean Acidification: It's Time to Act
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/28/ocean-acidification-its-time-to-act/
The panel made clear that options exist for tackling ocean acidification. Coastal states and businesses that are dependent upon a healthy ocean now have a road map for action, thanks to Washington's leadership - and oyster growers in Oregon first sounding ...

China Joins EU to Scale Back Outlook for UN Climate Talks
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-28/china-joins-eu-to-scale-back-outlook-for-un-climate-talks.html
Narayan Mahon/Redux. Greenland's icebergs are melting as global temperatures increase. China ruled out a cap for growth of fossil emissions and the EU Climate Commissioner could not give commitments on emissions either.

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