Survey of Super Massive Black Holes Completed 169
eldavojohn writes "NASA has announced the completion of a survey of nearby supermassive black holes. Every galaxy that revolves around a supermassive black hole within 400 light-years of our own galaxy has been cataloged. From the article: 'Called active galactic nuclei, or AGN, these black holes have masses of up to billions of Suns compressed into a region about the size of our solar system. The all-sky census, performed using NASA's Swift satellite over a nine-month period, detected more than 200 nearby AGN.' I'm starting to feel very lucky to have grown up in the Milky Way Galaxy."
I'm starting to feel very lucky... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes. Living near one of those super-massive black holes would certainly suck. Being one with everything around you sounds nice and radiant - but it leaves you all strung out over time, and it seems to take forever! The light at the end of the tunnel is you.
Ryan Fenton
Family Feud? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:400 light years?!?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Apparently (Score:5, Funny)
Oh great, did you have to bring race *and* religion into this?
The catalog (karma whoring) (Score:3, Funny)
The whole catalog:
1. Our own galaxy
Re:Is this survey to be trusted? (Score:1, Funny)
A better analogy is an asteroid to a galactic core. Moron.