Blazin Hip Hop & Sour D
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Black Hole Caught Swallowing Star For The First Time
Black hole's have been thuggin' stars & other space debris for as long as the universe has been in existence. For decades these transgressions have gone unnoticed to Earth's busy body's at NASA. For the first time however Astronomers caught one swallowing a star minding its own business. NASA released the above animation of this rare event showing how the star fell victim to the black hole's greedy ass. Up to this point we've only been witnessed to the aftermath of such illicit galactic going's on, but now with NASA's Swift satellite we nosy earthlings were able to detect "high-energy flares coming from a new source" back in March. The culprit turned out to be Swift J1644+57, a previously dormant black hole located in the Draco constellation, just about 4 million light years away from Earth. NASA scientists believe J maybe twice the size of the black hole that exists in our galaxy. Large black holes can be found at the center of virtually all large galaxies (which could give creedence to mine & other mad scientist's theory of black holes being a "stargate" kinda situation to other galaxies & maybe even other dimensions. Oooo nerd goosebumps.) and can be millions to billions of times the mass of our sun. These motherfuckers have the sinister ability to tear apart anything that crosses its path icegrill or no. You'd be able to tell when a black hole just pulled a jack move on somebody by a bright flare of ultraviolet gamma & x-rays, which can literally though allegedly last for years as the star is slowly eaten. "It was nothing like we expected for a gamma-ray burst," said Ashley Zauderer, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who helped co-author one of two studies on the event.
This is how scientists believed it all went down.
The theory they are working with is that the unlucky star must have strayed too close to the supermassive black hole, which is approximately twice the mass of the four-million-solar-mass supermassive black hole residing in the center of the Milky Way.
Discovery News said the tidal shear close to the black hole's event horizon is so powerful, the star's structure would have warped dramatically. Very quickly, the stellar plasma will have streamed around the spinning black hole, forming a superheated disk of plasma. The plasma closest to the black hole then got pulled into the event horizon, accelerating as it did so, according to Discovery News.
The discovery article stated that the rapid acceleration and complex magnetic fields nearest to the black hole then funneled the matter into the event horizon. However, some of the matter escaped as jets, blasting into space at relativistic speeds (exceeding 90 percent the speed of light) from the black hole's spin axis.
One of those jets was pointed directly at the Swift satellite that caught the powerful X-rays created right at the base of the jet. Powerful radio waves were also detected as the relativistic jet slammed into the interstellar medium surrounding the black hole. Eat your heart out CSI: (insert random city here). The video above looks awesome though. Props to International Business Times.
Dark Souls (trailer)
October 7, 2011 is the date you can play this on your couch. For PS3, XBOX360, etc...
STS- The Interview (prod. by The Alchemist)
Money Makin' Jam Boy STS's THE ILLUSTRIOUS album is out now. The single above is a track off that album produced by Alchemist. enjoy. Props to 2Dopeboyz.
Planet Asia- Inspiration (vid)
Asia's CRACK BELT THEATER is out now. This is a dope joint off that project.
L.S.D. Presents: Phonte, King Mez & Charlie Smarts- In The 336 (prod. by Wan)
The regional posse cuts continue as Phonte, King Mez & Charlie Smarts link up for this North Carolina barn burner produced by Wan. The track is sponsored by North Carolina based clothing company L.S.D. so enjoy that. Props to 2Dopeboyz.
Jill Scott- Hear My Call (official vid)
Jill's latest THE LIGHT OF THE SUN is out now. This is the latest video from her album. Props to Okayplayer.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Hurricane Irene Makes Landfall
Hurricane Irene made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at dawn this morning. She immediately made her presence felt slamming the southeast coast with winds of 80 mph. She's currently moving up the mid-Atlantic coast leaving at least 4 dead and nearly 1 million without power in her wake so far. My fellow New Yorkers and myself can expect Irene to hit sometime this evening. Mayor Bloomberg has shutdown the city in lieu of the storm closing bridges, discontinuing MTA services & even threatening to shutdown power to the city throughout tonight and Sunday. More than 13,000 people checked into 150 Red Cross shelters across 6 states Friday night. It's been reported more shelters would be open today. Despite President Obama declaring a state of emergency Friday an untold number of people (including yours truly) decided to ride the storm out in the comfort of their own homes. So after a freak earthquake Tuesday & Hurricane this weekend it would seem Mother Nature & the East coast have some issues to work through. Be safe out there you guys. Props to cbsnews.
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
In lieu of the recent natural happenings on the eastern seaboard this week i thought this song appropriate. It's cool mother nature. I'm cool, you're cool everybody's cool. Just be cool.
Smoke DZA ft. Curren$y- Personal Party
Smoke DZA's ROLLING STONED drops this Tuesday, August 30th. Props to 2Dopeboyz.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)