OT: First ever image of black hole revealed
There it is, folks. The first ever image of a black hole has been captured after a years long project called "the even horizon telescope" that involved linking radio telescopes all over the globe. It's the super massive black hole at the center of M-87, a super giant 53 million lightyears away.
If you're into astronomy and general science nerd type stuff, this is an earth shattering discovery (pun intended). It's one of the most significant moments of our lifetimes, and yet another Einstein theory that has been proven.
Had not seen this, was 100% expecting some sort of joke.
Amazing!
April 10th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
Looks like I found my new profile pic.
April 10th, 2019 at 12:02 PM ^
I think we have seen this picture somewhere before....
I was really hoping this was gonna be an overview picture of Staee’s campus.....
April 10th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
Oh...it's that too.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
The glowing "smiley face" in the OP's picture is made up of burning couches.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:45 AM ^
I’m not gonna lie, I was half-expecting a Nick Ward joke. The ball goes in, but it never comes out...
April 10th, 2019 at 11:04 AM ^
He said "black hole", not "asshole".
April 11th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
Oh my!
(as Keith Jackson would say)
April 10th, 2019 at 12:26 PM ^
I figured it would be a picture of my ex-wife's soul
It's where Urban sent his text messages
Oh my God, it's full of stars!
It’s eating stars and other matter, otherwise we couldn’t see it. Horrifying...
That's a Maizen nightmare!!!
I thought the first ever image of a black hole was with Goatse.
This is fricking awesome. Science!
So basically it’s Sauron.
Was this taken by an iPhone?
reminds me of my ex fiance
April 10th, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
Getting rid of her before she became Mrs. gustave ferbert...
April 10th, 2019 at 11:16 AM ^
You're into things that I'm not really so into.
She invited the midget. . . Not me.
Meh. Not even one star. Do not want.
April 10th, 2019 at 11:12 AM ^
Trust the astronomers.
Actually, it has all the stars it wants.
Looks like Columbus
April 10th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^
Columbus is more of a brown hole surrounded by Klingons.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
....near Uranus.
And is very hot, smells like sulfur and a waste water treatment plant, and there is a lot of brimstone.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:16 AM ^
The nice side of the tracks in Columbus...
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April 10th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
I did like that the movie stayed with Columbus as the epicenter of all that was evil in the world, just like the book.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:05 AM ^
Interesting. It looks like a black hole.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
This is pretty amazing. Can it come swallow our solar system whole now and end this petty, shit stained world?
April 10th, 2019 at 10:20 AM ^
What? Not before we beat Ohio State.
April 10th, 2019 at 12:18 PM ^
Better to have it happen so we preserve the all time lead forever.
eh, I'd like to see us beat them before I'm annihilated.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:20 AM ^
Hi, I'm an astronomy nerd! That thing is beautiful!
April 10th, 2019 at 10:22 AM ^
Whopdy doo. An "image" of a black hole?
Lawrence Fishburn went into a black hole like 25 years ago. You never hear anything about THAT.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:25 AM ^
I have probably watched that movie a hundred times. All I have to say, is, liberate tute me, ex inferis.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:31 AM ^
It holds up well. It is a genuinely scary movie. It goes off the rails in the last twenty minutes but I kind of think that was intended.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:40 AM ^
Event Horizon is one of those movies I will watch every time I see it on TV, at whichever point in the movie I come across it...
April 10th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
It's one of the only movies that I can say genuinely scared me at the time. And it wasn't one of those jump-scare types. It had a truly terrifying psychological effect. Of course I was only 13 I think when it came out, and had a very sheltered childhood, so that made it worse.
April 10th, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^
I think it would be scary for a first viewer really at any age. Everything about the movie is designed to be unsettling. The early dialogue is muffled, like the characters are talking through a pillow. The entire visual look of the movie is muted, kind of like there is a layer of dust over it. The layout of the ship never makes sense, and the configuration changes several times even before shit hits the fan. All of this leaves the audience feeling vulnerable already and then they hit you with the video-log. Very effective horror movie.
The first half, yes. Then the director stood up and said “RELEASE THE BLOOD!” and it became another schlock horror film.
If you look into the production, I'm not sure it was intentional. It was pretty troubled, or at least the editing process was.
It's also likely that the original cut of the movie would have been even more disturbing. They apparently really went all out with extended scenes in "hell," etc.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:22 AM ^
Is this guy commanding a ship circling the black hole?
underrated comment. underrated movie.
Agreed. I enjoyed that movie.
April 10th, 2019 at 10:33 AM ^
Thought it was a picture of a boat to pour money into