The black hole is located at the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy. It is 6.6 billion times the mass of the sun, and is located 53.5 million light years away.
Chandrasekhar's work on stars and black holes yielded several honours but he struggled with opposition from senior scientists to 'Chandrasekhar limit'.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
Great milestone. For general science loving junta, this scientific feat may seem much more exciting than detection of gravitational waves. Next stop:, get to know our own Milky Way’s black hole, and detect some exoplanet with significant bio signature, or even better, get evidence of life in our own solar system (besides Earth of course) even if it is an extremophile on a planetary moon.
Black Hole may be named as the Hole of Unknowns !
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Great milestone. For general science loving junta, this scientific feat may seem much more exciting than detection of gravitational waves. Next stop:, get to know our own Milky Way’s black hole, and detect some exoplanet with significant bio signature, or even better, get evidence of life in our own solar system (besides Earth of course) even if it is an extremophile on a planetary moon.