You can't see an actual black hole by definition. So really all this is a picture of is some gas burning on its way into the black hole. Doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know.
If you wanna see some gas burning a hell of a lot closer, toss on some eclipse glasses and look at our sun.
We didn't "know" it. We theorized it. There's a difference. And it isn't just some gas burning, you're literally seeing light that has been bent by the sheer gravity of the black hole.
And you're right, you can't actually see a black hole because the solid part of a black hole called the singularity at the center is microscopic and the rest of the darkness is just... well a void. The black hole in itself is not solid at all.
Hey fart sniffer, stop pretending you know stuff cause you watch neil tyson.
"You’re basically looking at a supermassive black hole that’s almost the size of our solar system,” or 38 billion kilometers in diameter, said Sera Markoff
The void which spans from the singularity to the event horizon is considered a part of the black hole you retard. It's the void that equals to the size of our solar system. I never said the black hole is microscopic. And no I don't know shit, it's the most basic info of a black hole that you can possess. Mouthbreathing Faggot
She's trying as hard as possible to convince me that literacy should be banned for foids.
This may or may not account for why the black hole looks different from how scientists and Hollywood have previously imagined it: It appears as a blurry circle of fire, not unlike, as Twitter users have pointed out, a bright orange doughnut.
What in the fuck is she going on about? This is exactly what we've expected it to look like for decades.
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1 quality_bratwurst 2019-04-11
This article is so unbelievably smug and pretentious it takes all I have to not seriouspost
1 Mistr_MADness 2019-04-11
Well, it isn’t just that aesthetically pleasing
1 Rentokill_boy 2019-04-11
It's clearly a satirical piece anyway
absolutely abysmal gawker-tier satire, but satire nonetheless. It's a shame journos just don't know how to shitpost properly
1 wow___justwow 2019-04-11
i mean the author does kinda have a point.
You can't see an actual black hole by definition. So really all this is a picture of is some gas burning on its way into the black hole. Doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know.
If you wanna see some gas burning a hell of a lot closer, toss on some eclipse glasses and look at our sun.
1 theretarded_indian 2019-04-11
We didn't "know" it. We theorized it. There's a difference. And it isn't just some gas burning, you're literally seeing light that has been bent by the sheer gravity of the black hole.
And you're right, you can't actually see a black hole because the solid part of a black hole called the singularity at the center is microscopic and the rest of the darkness is just... well a void. The black hole in itself is not solid at all.
1 wow___justwow 2019-04-11
Thanks for explaining, my grasp of the physics of it is pretty weak.
Do we know this for sure?
1 bG9sIG5pY2UgdHJ5Cg 2019-04-11
It would be pretty much impossible to test an event horizon for solidity (with a "test poke") even if we had physical access to one.
1 KingWayneX 2019-04-11
Hey fart sniffer, stop pretending you know stuff cause you watch neil tyson.
"You’re basically looking at a supermassive black hole that’s almost the size of our solar system,” or 38 billion kilometers in diameter, said Sera Markoff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/04/10/see-black-hole-first-time-images-event-horizon-telescope/?utm_term=.047af95d0867
1 theretarded_indian 2019-04-11
The void which spans from the singularity to the event horizon is considered a part of the black hole you retard. It's the void that equals to the size of our solar system. I never said the black hole is microscopic. And no I don't know shit, it's the most basic info of a black hole that you can possess. Mouthbreathing Faggot
1 KingWayneX 2019-04-11
waaaahhh
1 outline_link_bot 2019-04-11
Decluttered version of this Slate Magazine's article archived on April 10, 2019 can be viewed on https://outline.com/ZTgs5Z
1 Redactor0 2019-04-11
She's trying as hard as possible to convince me that literacy should be banned for foids.
What in the fuck is she going on about? This is exactly what we've expected it to look like for decades.
1 lyridsreign 2019-04-11
She's just upset there isn't any capeshit or Harry Potter references
1 blue-eyed-badger 2019-04-11
I bet she really sucked at those “find the differences” pictures as a kid.
Jfc.
1 Cho-Dai 2019-04-11
This is the best take I have seen. Suck it science bitches!
1 madvillainer 2019-04-11
to be fair, science is not for women
1 princess_y_fronts 2019-04-11
Can any gamergaters explain something to me ?
Is this "journalist" actually this retarded or is she merely pretending ?
1 THOT-AUDITOR 2019-04-11
Pretending in the sense that she's writing hot takes for clicks, actually retarded because she's a journalist for Slate.
1 Zac1245 2019-04-11
Why is Reddit collectively jerking off to the woman who took the picture?
1 Wraith_GraveSpell 2019-04-11
This is definitely satire right? Nobody can be this retarded and actually take themselves seriously
1 martini29 2019-04-11
Is there ever gonna be a time where news sites stop actively trying to piss people off for clicks?
1 bG9sIG5pY2UgdHJ5Cg 2019-04-11
I don't know what's worse, this F-level effort of a satire article, or the comments in this thread going "i don't get it, is this satire you guys"