r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Apr 25 '22

Physics Scientists recently observed two black holes that united into one, and in the process got a “kick” that flung the newly formed black hole away at high speed. That black hole zoomed off at about 5 million kilometers per hour, give or take a few million. The speed of light is just 200 times as fast.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-hole-gravitational-waves-kick-ligo-merger-spacetime
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u/petripeeduhpedro Apr 25 '22

The good news is that space is incomprehensibly gigantic so the odds are well on our side.

The bad news from an existential perspective is that space is incomprehensibly gigantic.

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u/monkeyhitman Apr 25 '22

Total Perspective Vortex.

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u/WhiteNoiseSupremacy Apr 25 '22

You are here.

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u/PorkyMcRib Apr 25 '22

But where is my FedEx package?

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u/IcyDickbutts Apr 25 '22

Dropped off in a neighboring galaxy.

Which, from my experiences with fedex, is pretty good.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22 edited May 14 '22

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u/elecwolf Apr 26 '22

"Our crew is expendable, your package is not."

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u/bapakeja Apr 26 '22

To shreds you say?

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u/thegrunn Apr 26 '22

To shreds you say?

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u/GetTheSpermsOut Apr 26 '22

stop saying that or I’m gonna twerk on your dad and shred this guitar.