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That was the first question above. The second one is is the supermassive black hole flat, so we can see beyond it?
No, you misread my first question. The first question was about our own Milky Way. Has anyone seen a star on the other side of the black hole?First question - Yes;
"Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time."
Second question - Lots of theories but no facts to support them yet.
The "other side of our galaxy" might still be too far to guarantee it's a "star system" - only that the amplitude pulses caused by a large planet might be periodically running interference. The new James Webb scope might soon refine our view enough to say definitively.That was the first question above. The second one is is the supermassive black hole flat, so we can see beyond it?
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the most distant single star ever detected in outer space.
Light from the star—dubbed Earendel from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning rising light or morning star—took 12.9 billion light-years to reach Earth and formed about 900 million years after the Big Bang. Earendel is 8.2 billion years older than the Earth
It's almost as if people don't fully read things.Does this help with the first?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-spot-the-most-distant-individual-star-ever-detected-in-outer-space-180979847/#:~:text=NASA's%20Hubble%20Space%20Telescope%20has,years%20after%20the%20Big%20Bang.
And yes, if earth is flat then black holes should be to.
This. We actually lack information about anything obscured by the galactic core, all the way up to large intergalactic superstructures, much less a star or planet.The answer to the first question is no. The cloud of dust and debris in the center of our galaxy prohibits us from observing the other side. The answer to the second question is also no.
Interestingly gravitational lensing from that black hole might give us the key to finding it.The "other side of our galaxy" might still be too far to guarantee it's a "star system" - only that the amplitude pulses caused by a large planet might be periodically running interference. The new James Webb scope might soon refine our view enough to say definitively.
As for any "supermassive black hole", they tend to bend enough light around them to offer some distorted view of what lies beyond.
The galactic core is densely packed, obscuring much observation of anything. Light bending around the black hole is nice and all, but it's still passing through a heavily-obscured area.Interestingly gravitational lensing from that black hole might give us the key to finding it.
Leave it to science to ask stupid questions.That was the first question above.
I dont think they are there specifically to impress you…Leave it to science to ask stupid questions.
Who cares if there's a solar system on the other side of our Galaxy?
How in the hell could that possibly help us?
If they wanna impress the hell out of me, they can turn Hubble around and start looking at the 10,000 G- and K-Class stars within 50 light years of our Solar System.
Do G-Class stars support life?
Um, this one -- our very own Sun -- does.
A K-Class star is only slightly less bright than a G-Class star.
The way in which G/K-Class stars form lends themselves to the formation of planets, in particular terrestrial planets, because unlike the bigger stars, they don't suck up all the material that could form planets.
So, how dumb are scientists?
Since the galactic core is a super massive black hole, its gravitational strength at the edges is weaker and since ours is not an active galactic nuclei, we have a better chance of using it but you may be right.The galactic core is densely packed, obscuring much observation of anything. Light bending around the black hole is nice and all, but it's still passing through a heavily-obscured area.
It's not just a black hole, there's a crapton of stuff around the whole area. Lots of dust.Since the galactic core is a super massive black hole, its gravitational strength at the edges is weaker and since ours is not an active galactic nuclei, we have a better chance of using it but you may be right.
Yeah that is trueIt's not just a black hole, there's a crapton of stuff around the whole area. Lots of dust.
What definition of flat are you using? By common definition Sagittarius a* is not flat, it is a sphere.That was the first question above. The second one is is the supermassive black hole flat, so we can see beyond it?
There are no habitable worlds anywhere near our solar system.If they wanna impress the hell out of me, they can turn Hubble around and start looking at the 10,000 G- and K-Class stars within 50 light years of our Solar System.
Do G-Class stars support life?
Um, this one -- our very own Sun -- does.
A K-Class star is only slightly less bright than a G-Class star.
The way in which G/K-Class stars form lends themselves to the formation of planets, in particular terrestrial planets, because unlike the bigger stars, they don't suck up all the material that could form planets.
Awful big statement considering astronomers have discovered more than 3,200 other stars (suns) with planets orbiting them (solar systems) in our galaxy and there are about 200 billion stars in our galaxy yet to be explored for planetary systems. Data from the Kepler space telescope estimates there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy.There are no habitable worlds anywhere near our solar system.
There's a habitable world 11ish light-years away from us! It's going to be studied by the Webb because it is so promising.There are no habitable worlds anywhere near our solar system.
You’re referring to the Gliese 1061 system. It has planets but we don’t even know what kind of planets they are.There's a habitable world 11ish light-years away from us! It's going to be studied by the Webb because it is so promising.
Nope, I am referring toYou’re referring to the Gliese 1061 system. It has planets but we don’t even know what kind of planets they are.
Tau Ceti doesn’t have any confirmed planets.Nope, I am referring to
Tau Ceti
Yes, it does.Tau Ceti doesn’t have any confirmed planets.
No. It has three or four hypothetical planets but nothing confirmed.Yes, it does.