Supermassive black hole + supermassive black hole = super-SUPERmassive black hole!
Supercomputer models of merging black holes reveal properties that are crucial to understanding future detections of gravitational waves. This movie follows two orbiting black holes and their accretion disk during their final three orbits and ultimate merger. Redder colors correspond to higher gas densities.
To read more about this phenomenon, read the article over at Universe Today right here.
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Peter Pan vs Link! Fairy tale vs video game! Neverland vs Hyrule! Who will win in this match between two great fantasy heroes!? You decide!
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Performing simple tasks in a complex manner is what the human-powered freerunning machine is all about, BUT we decided to take a new spin on the classic machine. Check out the video and let us know what you think!
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Glasses are a very common accessory in the nerd fashion arsenal. In today’s world of geek chic, we’re realising that we need not sacrifice style in order to, you know, be able to see clearly. The geeks are taking cool glasses back from the hipsters and this is how we’re doing it.
With Star Wars themed specs. Yep, you saw that right. Feast your eyes on these masterpieces in the realm of the geek accessory.
[Get them for $499.99 each at Gizmine | Via Geekosystem]
Someone over at 9gag posted this horrible picture, and all I can say is: Ouch, there’s at least a few thousand dollars worth of broken gadgets in there. The screen of my new iPad is slightly cracked on its bottom left, thanks to my kids, but I’ve learned my lesson now, which is never to leave anything worth more than a few hundred dollars in the hands of young kids without supervision.
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A little overdramatic, but not bad I guess.
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Just a quick post to let you guys know that filmmaker and [GAS] pal Patrick Willems is in need of help for a few videos he plans to shoot at New York Comic Con next weekend. So if you’re going to attend to the event and have a super awesome costume (or know someone who has one,) be sure to watch this and get in touch with him. His email address is listed at the end of the video.
That video of a Lamp Raiden playing the guitar (one of the many clips featured in the video above) is one of my favorite Youtube music clips ever. Be sure to watch it after if you’ve never seen that guy play.
[Buzzfeed]