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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 11:48 PM
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Massive black hole stumps researchers
A team of astronomers have found a colossal black hole so ancient, they're not sure how it had enough time to grow to its current size, about 10 billion times the mass of the sun.

Sitting at the heart of a distant galaxy, the black hole appears to be about 12.7 billion years old, which means it formed just one billion years after the universe began and is one of the oldest supermassive black holes ever known.

The black hole, researchers said, is big enough to hold 1,000 of our own Solar Systems and weighs about as much as all the stars in the Milky Way.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5318411/
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 11:52 PM
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1. Wow, I was reading earlier that a black hole of this description...
...will be connected with events leading to the end of the ancient Mayan Calendar on the date of December 21, 2012. Apparently some kind of supernova causing a cosmic event. This is exciting!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 11:58 PM
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2. That is the date the ETs are returning to Earth to see if we have
matured past the Instinctive Level, reached planetary sustainability, and addressed the dangers of Global Warming, and Astroid detection/deflection.

If not, we humans will have failed the weed/seed test. We will by Offed by Galatic Weed B Gone
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 12:21 AM
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3. Nonsense

Everyone knows it will be the Vogons
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 02:17 AM
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4. Dats them, Dats da guys, dey gonna come and Inspect us
to see if we qualified to reach the next Level or NOT
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 03:36 PM
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5. Genetically engineered...
Fortunately, Monsanto has developed Roundup-Ready humans.

Problem is, they aren't allowed to reproduce without proper IP licensing.
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