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[deleted] t1_ja07fyn wrote

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VertigoOne1 t1_j9zuot7 wrote

I’m pretty sure it is several billion tons of several million kelvin hot plasma getting properly irradiated and shredded to pieces.

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armchair_amateur t1_ja048ni wrote

no no no ... It's one of those pesky balloons.

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Specialist-Doctor-23 t1_ja0rzgo wrote

It's the dolphins abandoning us. They say "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

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Ftpini t1_ja1h8qj wrote

If we’re watching it from here then it’s probably several billion billion billion tons of plasma.

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NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_ja22x7i wrote

That's already been chewed up million of years ago.

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R_Banana t1_ja2bbb4 wrote

25.8 thousand you mean, that’s how many light years away it is

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NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_ja3w9ef wrote

I wasn't sure and I love that someone actually fact checked it. Lol I am very appreciative and will do better in my efforts to spread knowledge accurately next time.

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Tango_D t1_ja25isy wrote

Spaghettification, only it's a whole ass star.

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sixpackabs592 t1_ja0j2hj wrote

the old inhabitants of our galaxy finally getting to the exit

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[deleted] t1_ja0x633 wrote

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Select_Suspect_9535 t1_ja1ddr6 wrote

Ah the Galactic Core will take you to the next galaxy but it's literally 26,000 ly away and all I have is busted A class Freighter with no hyperdrive and a shitton of chlorine facepalm

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legna20v t1_ja2r0q2 wrote

Can you blame them?… rent is to the galactic roof

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RoastMostToast t1_ja1kb90 wrote

Almost every comment on this is some lame joke 🙄🙄

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dzethos t1_ja1vxrf wrote

ikr, i hope it doesn't become the normal like all the other 90% subreddits in reddit,some joke comments are funny but not when all of them are jokes,especially when you are looking for some explanation or really interesting theories about the post.

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typecastwookiee t1_ja1r02b wrote

Ha, and this comment is your contribution?

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RoastMostToast t1_ja1rbm4 wrote

I don’t know Jack shit about any of this stuff but I come to the comments hoping someone does and has some fun insight

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shesgoneagain72 t1_ja2mqeg wrote

Me too, hate having to scroll so far for the interesting stuff

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Millenniauld t1_ja460qy wrote

You mean more insight than reading the article gave you? Because I read it, and it pretty much explained the current theories about the cloud and even the history behind the observation. Not sure what more than that you're expecting.

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RoastMostToast t1_ja4gb95 wrote

God forbid someone wants article relevant discussion in the comment section

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Millenniauld t1_ja4z4in wrote

Then start one. Complaining about what other people are saying isn't productive either.

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h8speech t1_j9zyw9i wrote

Fascinating. Can't wait to see what happens when SgrA* wakes up.

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Kindly-Sort-8574 t1_ja06axr wrote

"Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there."

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frogsntoads00 t1_ja0w3ng wrote

Cool. How long will it take to reach it from Earth’s perspective?

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kemh t1_ja0yr0f wrote

45 minutes if traffic is light.

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DC_Coach t1_ja25s8c wrote

Good. I'll have time to grab an "I was dragged into a supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's Center and all I got was this lousy tee-shirt."

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zerodark9 t1_ja391me wrote

2036 is when they expect the next closest approach so… maybe 13 years? It’s already close enough to suffer from the gravity in the situation and the’ve been watching it for 20 according to the article.

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Jogaila2 t1_ja3gnlt wrote

Brilliant. I see what you did there.

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Korbas t1_ja43qz3 wrote

You won this comment section :)

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Hispanoamericano2000 t1_ja0ojpb wrote

I would definitely like to see if Sagittarius-A gets a little excited or enlightened (his accretion disk to be exact).

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Trax852 t1_ja127sr wrote

My Grandson loves this stuff so I found the video. It's two years old and has a fantastic fly by of the Galaxy in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZ-PVoO_sE

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HerpLover t1_ja159ks wrote

That's a cool video, but this is in our own galaxy. I think that occurred 8.5m light years away. Sagittarius A is about 25k light years away.

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Elowan66 t1_ja1wscr wrote

Cool, they’re going to have the Y2K bug.

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IGotBadHair t1_ja108b8 wrote

How many light years is this away? I'm guessing the actual event happened a loooong time ago for it's light to just reach us now.

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Acrobatic-Stand-6268 t1_ja21j13 wrote

So the sphagettification has already started outside of the event horizon? Because no other object in the vicinity is undergoing such changes as compared to this.

I have no idea, but it seems weird for the elongation to be happening so far away from the black hole. Something must have caused this peculiar shape and path.

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sleepyguy- t1_ja3lfvd wrote

I love that we collectively chose Spaghettification as the term used to describe what it looks like to be sucked into a black hole.

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jDub549 t1_ja440tv wrote

I'm starting to see why a lot of r/space threads are comment-less

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professorjaytee t1_ja1rbc6 wrote

Spaghettification by a black hole now in the act of being observed, LIVE. As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating."

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UHF1211 t1_ja0h6b4 wrote

It looks like that old car Elon sent into space!😂

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Timehit t1_ja0uh3e wrote

That's our big badass black hole alright. Other galaxy's blackholes should be scared.

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Bodorocea t1_ja0jyjs wrote

Just some guys are finishing a run ,reaching the middle of the galaxy

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Mister_Moho t1_ja2bcet wrote

This title gives off "A man has fallen into a river in LEGO city!" energy.

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Anomaly-Friend t1_ja1g8k2 wrote

If it's big enough for us to detect it's probably just a planet or another black hole. What else could it be.

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sight19 t1_ja2d6vp wrote

The article says that it is a molecular cloud though

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IamAFlaw t1_ja4bbnb wrote

It is Santa. Someone tied an apple to Rudolph's antler and they went nuts. I guess that is where they ended up.

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Victal87 t1_ja5juaf wrote

It was probably Icarus up to his shenanigans again

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Cicerothethinker t1_ja1dpd6 wrote

Ah I see our empire finally found the infinity machine, worst case it just goes in and we get lots of physics research.

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The_Fleeced_American t1_ja3l523 wrote

It's my taxes being flushed down the toilet from the governments last spending spree...

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R24611 t1_ja3ot6k wrote

Imagine if some living creatures somewhere out there got spaghettified. I’ve read there is less chance of life evolving near the galactic core but perhaps at some point something sentient was like shit here we go!

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PB_Mack t1_ja1ra70 wrote

Well...it was probably dragged into it thousands of years ago.

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abstractengineer2000 t1_ja1np06 wrote

Its like a child being dragged to school by their parents

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ManyFacedGodxxx t1_ja0qen6 wrote

Not really mysterious, it’s my ex-wife’s ego! /s

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