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Calling it now. It's a dust cloud.
Calling it now. It's a dust cloud.
Yeah, it was more gradual than just turning off. But you have to wonder at the size of an artifact that would block out a massive black hole.
I hope it's only dust move past and not some huge, alien death machine blotting things out.
Yeah, it was more gradual than just turning off. But you have to wonder at the size of an artifact that would block out a massive black hole.
I hope it's only dust move past and not some huge, alien death machine blotting things out.
Black holes emit radiation, but I believe in this case is simply the rapid decrease in visible light is the mystery.
7-8 months from "normal" to dimmed enough to comment on it is pretty quick on a galactic timescale. I can't imaging something smashing an accretion disk or blocking it in that short a time that wouldn't have raised it's own red flags.
Black holes emit radiation, but I believe in this case is simply the rapid decrease in visible light is the mystery.
7-8 months from "normal" to dimmed enough to comment on it is pretty quick on a galactic timescale. I can't imaging something smashing an accretion disk or blocking it in that short a time that wouldn't have raised it's own red flags.
Cool. Eclipse of the black hole by who knows what.