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A new study provides a possible explanation of mysterious X-ray flares detected by the Chandra K-ray Observatory for several years in the region of Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*. The study suggests a cloud around Sgr A*, a supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, which contains hundreds of trillions of asteroids and comets that have been stripped from their parent stars. The flares occur when asteroids of six miles or larger in radius are consumed by the black hole. An asteroid that undergoes a close encounter with another object, such as a star or planet, can be thrown into an orbit headed towards Sgr A*. If the asteroid passes within about 100 million miles of the black hole, roughly the distance between the Earth and the sun, it is torn into pieces by the tidal forces from the black hole. These fragments would then be vaporized by friction as they pass through the hot, thin gas flowing onto Sgr A*, similar to a meteor heating up and glowing as it falls through Earth's atmosphere. A flare is produced and eventually the remains of the asteroid are swallowed by the black hole. Image Credit: Illustrations: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
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Category Archives: Economics
Economics – Scale Part II
So, I recently wrote a post about one possible redirection of the bailout funds. In it I tried to put some scale to the numbers that we are talking about. Then I reposted some work that was done to help … Continue reading
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Economics – Scale Part I
This has been making the blogging and e-mail rounds for a while now. But, it is always a good perspective. A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon we’re talking real money =-) A billion dollars… A hundred billion dollars… … Continue reading
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Simple Solutions
So let’s take this idea and explore and validate it: Dear Mr. President, Patriotic Retirement: There’s about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million dollars apiece Severance Pay with these stipulations 1) They leave … Continue reading
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Climate Change
Evidently our friends at the UN are holding a “Global Warming” summit in Copenhagen this week. Ok, that’s good. So, the wonderful folks in the media start an article on this event as: The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged … Continue reading
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Best Crystal Ball So Far
Over at Anarchangel – Chris Byrne has the best, and clearest crystal ball for this economic mess that I have seen. BTW I agree. Short term? Not too bad. Unemployment and the credit crunch are going to creep up a … Continue reading
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Fixing The Auto Industry
A lot has been said about “bailing out” the traditional Big 3 auto makers in the US. I am looking at some of this, and thinking… nope, wouldn’t be prudent. Bottom line, they have it figured out. They NEED to … Continue reading
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New Policies
As of November 5, 2008, IF President Obama is officially elected to office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness: 1. All salespeople will be pooling … Continue reading
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More Campaign Advertising
If you have a message and can ride it, how do you eloquently and tastefully exploit the opportunity? Here’s one way:
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Econ 101
A quick, down to earth lesson in basic economics as it applies to the US tax code. <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-520078593 -1073717157 41 … Continue reading
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Socialism III
There are a lot of “things” that you can find about the presidential candidates. As I have said before though your choice needs to be based on your values, and your perception of what path is correct for this country. … Continue reading
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