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Octafish

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3. Amazing.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:25 PM

Dec 2015

Milky Way is thought to contain around 100 billion stars.

Thank you for the heads-up, Judi Lynn! You might enjoy this site (lots of ads, but who gives a turnip when it's the cosmos we're talking about?):

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/

Makes me think of you, now that I think of it.

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Black holes can grow as large as 50 billion suns, study says [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2015 OP

I can't even imagine... krispos42 Dec 2015 #1

Then you have donco Dec 2015 #2

I'd rather have the black hole angrychair Dec 2015 #6

Amazing. Octafish Dec 2015 #3

Wow. Someone could spend a lot of time at that site. So good to learn about this. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #5

Amazing link, checked again today. This is a real find. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #12

They keep up with cosmology so you don't have to. Octafish Dec 2015 #13

This understanding will soon be proven wrong Fearless Dec 2015 #15

Yipes shenmue Dec 2015 #4

This is where our socks go. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #7

Along with camera flashes and iPads 47of74 Dec 2015 #10

I always thought it was something like that. sulphurdunn Dec 2015 #14

Sounds like a Trumpesque exaggeration! Helen Borg Dec 2015 #8

burp allan01 Dec 2015 #9

Black holes can explode and disappear Lionel Mandrake Dec 2015 #11

K&R. Amazing! Overseas Jan 2016 #16