Astronomy & Space - December 2006

I just read this phrase in the Belgian magazine "Knack": "In 2006 the first observation was made of two collapsing solar systems big enough to create the black mass of which most of our universe consists."

I suspect that two stars that are trapped in each others gravity would collapse and make a black hole. But is most of the mass in our universe this 'black mass'?

I also remember reading about the volume of a black hole shrinking, even under the circle of singularity. To me, that sounds like there is no more mass left then. Or is there? Can anyone explain please? :P thx

2006-12-29 07:10:05 · 3 answers · asked by JohnyD 3

I know they're in March, June, September, and December, but when are the exact dates? 21st or 22nd for each?

2006-12-29 06:40:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is the common scientific thought that the universe does indeed have an end? or is it sort of treated as a big "unknown"? Or, is there a concept of something beyond the "universe"?

2006-12-29 06:16:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-29 06:09:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The manual suggests aligining the telescope with polaris and then using just the RA knob to track objects and keep then in the field of view.

Isn't this possible only if the object close to the North Celestial pole. Say for instance saturn is somewhere in the east rising and the telescope is pointing towards polaris, how can a person point towards saturn without changing the direction using the azimuth knob.

The manual says after the telescope is polar aligned there is no need to touch the azimuth direction nor the dec direction and only the RA can be changed to track objects.

I do not understand !!!!

Thanks

2006-12-29 05:54:06 · 6 answers · asked by planck12 1

Supposedly this is going to happen in 2012?! What will happen?

2006-12-29 05:49:34 · 13 answers · asked by joethemetaldude 4

Whats the difference?

2006-12-29 05:46:30 · 4 answers · asked by joethemetaldude 4

2006-12-29 05:42:53 · 14 answers · asked by Catia 2

Since when was Ceres even a planet? i never heard of it until now... and all those other little planets. Whats up with this crap a dot is considered a planet now back in the day we had 9.

2006-12-29 05:39:26 · 16 answers · asked by Vee 2

If so, do you have a blog or e-mail where someone could ask you questions about space flight, astronomy, space research, etc.?

2006-12-29 05:37:32 · 3 answers · asked by ? 4

Two days ago whilst driving with my brother on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, we both saw a bright, fast-moving, star (shaped and sized) of light travelling extraordinarally fast, vertically down to earth and disappear behind a hill. The hill was approximately 1 mile from us and not very high. We were driving towards the hill and when we rounded it, saw no signs of anything such as physical damage, reflecting light etc.

We argued that it may have been a shooting star, but in broad daylight at 9am? Despite researching possibilities on the internet, we have drawn a blank. Can you help please?

2006-12-29 05:36:52 · 10 answers · asked by kenny e 1

My teacher was like talking about space and then he like said "you know how the earth" and I was like no I dont.

2006-12-29 05:32:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-29 05:23:52 · 6 answers · asked by bunny 2

I mean... it is daytime in California, and I can see the moon. So where it is nightime (on the opposite side of earth, say China)... can they see the moon? do they see the same phase as I do?

2006-12-29 05:19:30 · 7 answers · asked by Vladimir H 1

For example if a craft capable of traveling faster than the speed of light left earth and made a one year outbound journey and a one year return journey to earth, what year and/or century would the crew return to?

2006-12-29 05:08:36 · 14 answers · asked by ironbed 1

2006-12-29 05:00:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-29 04:59:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

For The Creator of the Universe?
Just this one little planet, around one little sun out of billions, in one small galaxy out of billions of galaxies?

2006-12-29 04:55:29 · 2 answers · asked by Repub-lick'n 4

I'm confused. Some people say that black holes have infinite density, but wikipedia says that a supermassive black hole is 10^36KG. HELP!

2006-12-29 04:54:08 · 6 answers · asked by gooeyjim 2

When ancient Callender ends?! (Myan)

2006-12-29 04:24:15 · 9 answers · asked by CECIL458 1

like being able to stop time and move things across the room and like travel alomst the speed of light ???

2006-12-29 04:08:14 · 10 answers · asked by moose_moosechunk_moosegirl 1

2006-12-29 04:04:24 · 9 answers · asked by Landon C 1

Yello , red , orange .

2006-12-29 03:47:53 · 17 answers · asked by Unique, 100% 1

i have a reflector telescope 600x power potencia 600 and i have cybersky that tells me what i can see any night and never goes out of date. i live in lakewood, Ohio and last night was a clear night and i could see th e moon and stars. Do you think i could also see andromadons galaxy and orions nebulae? Help

2006-12-29 03:36:20 · 10 answers · asked by vet4927 1

why the shape of earth is like circle, (not exactly circle)where as other celestial bodies .while asteroids & few others are shapesless.

2006-12-29 03:17:13 · 10 answers · asked by aadi 1

i want to start collecting them where can i get some (NOT EBAY THEY SUCK!

2006-12-29 02:35:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am living in the south western part of india.for the past 2 days i saw a star like thing which glows in red colour.probably it was in the south east direction .it didnt move but it got dissapeard at the midnight.can any (good)space researcher can give me the answer for my question

2006-12-29 02:33:35 · 15 answers · asked by fede 1

does anyone have continued info on the added issue...sorry to be a pest...I looked through all of these & none of them list an argument of Galileo stealing the idea from some Dutch guy.

2006-12-29 02:04:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-29 01:42:23 · 4 answers · asked by "sweet gurl" 1

ummmmmm

2006-12-29 01:27:37 · 19 answers · asked by "sweet gurl" 1