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Cosmology Intelligent Design Of General Interest Physics

Spagettification of a star caught by a black hole

Starry starry fright.

Posted on October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 Author News Comments(2)
Astronomy Intelligent Design

Smithsonian Magazine: Nearest black hole’s position can be seen without a telescope

If you are in the southern hemisphere, as were the ESO (European Southern Observatory) astronomers: The pair of stars in a system called HR 6819 is so close to us that on a clear night in the Southern Hemisphere, a person might be able to spot them without a telescope. What that stargazer wouldn’t see, Read More…

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Author Denyse OLeary Comment(1)
Cosmology Intelligent Design Physics

At PhysicsWorld: Image of black hole and its shadow is the breakthrough of the year

The image is thought to establish that black holes really do exist; they are not just astrophysicists’ imaginings.

Posted on December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 Author News Comment(1)
Cosmology Physics

The ultimate fate of a black hole: Can a hologram within a hologram provide a hint?

Some physicists think that information might escape a black hole via an escape route that involves a higher dimension.

Posted on November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Author News Comment(1)
Cosmology Intelligent Design Physics

Extreme black hole shows Einstein was right

Of course, there is so much talk these days of a crisis in physics that one is tempted to wonder if vindicating Einstein is regarded as just as positive an event as it would have been decades ago. Good stuff anyway.

Posted on August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 Author News Comments(2)

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