Quinta Essentia: What Did The Ancients Think Of Spirals

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

What Did The Ancients Think Of Spirals

Norway Spiral Swirl Is A Black Hole ?

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As Above, So below

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Artist's impression of an emission of a gamma ray (γ) from an atomic nucleus

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Artist's representation of M33 X-7: a binary system in the nearby galaxy M33, containing a massive blue star feeding material to a black hole surrounded by a small accretion disk.

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An artist's concept of a close Algol-type binary. The relative size of the Sun is illustrated by the small circle to the upper right of the figure. Illustration courtesy of M. Richards.