ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 9 days agoJames Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'www.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkJames Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'www.space.comooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 9 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 days agoA runaway supermassive is even moreso. Like, what the absolute fuck could have happened to give the core of a galaxy that much velocity?
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoWe’re assuming the black hole is moving, when we could be the ones moving and it is stationary. Movement is relative, and we always assume it from our own perspective. But if it’s stationary and we’re moving at 2.2m mph…
A runaway supermassive is even moreso.
Like, what the absolute fuck could have happened to give the core of a galaxy that much velocity?
We’re assuming the black hole is moving, when we could be the ones moving and it is stationary. Movement is relative, and we always assume it from our own perspective.
But if it’s stationary and we’re moving at 2.2m mph…
Yeah, even scarier. =D