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by shaileshs
Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:54 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Stars of the Triangulum Galaxy (2019 Feb 23)
Replies: 55
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Re: APOD: The Stars of the Triangulum Galaxy (2019 Feb 23)

I checked the "zoom" tool.. what a view at 2nd most zoomed level.. stars are next to eachother as if they are sand grains on a beach.. I wonder what's the smallest distance between any 2 stars in the densest region.. and, will there be darkness on any planet in one of those star's solar sy...
by shaileshs
Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:17 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: CXC: Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit around Black Hole
Replies: 9
Views: 1646

Closest star-blachole binary pair

http://www.space.com/36043-white-dwarf-star-orbits-black-hole-in-less-than-half-an-hour-video.html I wonder why they say the scientists don't expect the star to fall into the black hole. What could be the reason ? Which stars are expected to fall into black hole and which ones aren't ? Why ? if they...