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Messier Monday: The Youngest Star-Forming Region, The Trifid Nebula, M20
Posted by Ethan on May 6, 2013 
“Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire – in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?” -Lord Byron Welcome back to another Messier Monday here on Starts With a Bang! Messier’s…
How can we see black holes?
Posted by Ethan on February 6, 2013 
“According to the special theory of relativity nothing can travel faster than light, so that if light cannot escape, nothing else can either. The result would be a black hole: a region of space-time from which it is not possible to escape to infinity.” -Stephen Hawking You may have encountered objects that are the same…
Big News about Black Holes!
Posted by Ethan on May 16, 2008 This has been all over my inbox since the press release came out yesterday; it’s been on slashdot (thanks Brian), it’s been at space.com, and there’s a mediocre writeup on Universe Today. What’s the big news? Black Holes don’t destroy information after all! What is this whole information thing, anyway? Take a look at all…
A new view on the Horsehead Nebula
Posted by Ethan on April 6, 2008 Ever seen the Horsehead Nebula? If you look at the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt through a telescope, you’re likely to see something like this (the star is just off the image to your left): A pretty little nebula, to be sure, but it doesn’t look all that spectacular. I mean really, there’s a fancy…
