> This is super exciting because it now implies that these black holes in orbits are actually rather common in space- more common than ones where the black hole and star are closer at this rate!- and the trouble is detecting them.

If it turns out that galaxies contain far more black holes than previously assumed, what ramifications might that have, e.g. for understanding galaxies' masses, rotations, dark matter complements, etc.?

Still don’t get the post title

According to this, 25 states have permitless carry laws.

yes, but you don't have to go through a federal background check to buy weed at a dispensary and the ATF hasn't decided to enforce the T part of their name there, but you try to go around the background check for a firearm and they'll be at your door shooting your dogs in no time.

Wikipedia has become my preferred complement to the two or three simple sentences on the placard.

"facial cues harder to see when face is covered" . . .yep, that tracks

I don’t read about the art while I am there. I am there to look at the art. Not stand in peoples way so that I can read about it. Just read about it before or after. Or just snap a pic of it and get out of the way.

They talk about that in the article. Apparently their methods solves this.

It's baking soda.

I have always wondered what happens to a black hole when there is basically nothing around for it to suck up… like yeah maybe stray light particles but no matter. Would it just chill out suspended until it finds something to eat? Dissipate? Interesting that it’s even possible for solar winds to out power a black hole like that if true. Crazy stuff!

Need see through masks that work.

Haha, don't worry, well when we apply in May for normal time, they get an update on what all happened to the data we asked for in the previous year. Guess they'll hear then!

Dude, if I was a technician, I would love to know the results of my work!

And it’s literally named meerkat. They are standing up at attention, waiting for interesting things to happen.

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Yes, and it will of course be slightly less than that in an orbit just outside the event horizon.

But escape velocity isn't the same as local orbital velocity, right? Escape velocity is the speed you have to start out at if you want to coast the rest of the way and still escape the orbit of your primary. Your orbital velocity in your local frame of reference should be much less than the speed of light in this case.

So you should be able to exit your secret black hole lair through gradual velocity changes, from continuous acceleration or other means. The reason I mention that is that it seems technologically somewhat more feasible than stipulating, "okay well first off, you start by going at the speed of light...."

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I'm sorry but this feels super opinionated. Not to say there can't be pretentious artists statements, etc. But drawing an audience to specifically notable features, the artists intent, and so on, shouldn't be discouraged. And it shouldn't be too horrible to throw in some five dollar words.

People round these things up to 'pretentious' a bit too frequently in my opinion. Honestly your sentence isn't pretentious at all, maybe a bit garbled or clumsy but it would be a mostly fine starting point for what to look at and pay attention to.

It's the gravitational acceleration at that distance from a body of that mass, at least based on the random internet calculator I used. (~500 m/s^(2))

Under that kind of gravity, it doesn't really matter how big you are or what your orientation is. The gradient isn't going to be enough to spaghettify you. It might matter if you want to build a large structure in close orbit around the black hole, but even then, a reasonably sized, properly engineered steel-reinforced structure should be able to handle that level of stress.

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This whole chain is so ridiculous. In Germany as owner of a car you have to either pay the fine yourself or tell them who drove the car. Then they get the ticket sent to them. You can refuse both and maybe escape the fine. But then you can get ordered to keep a log of the drivers of the car.

I once received a ticket and claimed that I drove that day. I got a summons to the police station to make my statement since the picture evidence didn’t match to me being the driver. Because my wife borrowed my car that day and you could see it was a woman and not a man driving.

I have the same reaction at zoos. I was recently at Sea World Orlando and it left me disappointed. Give me a little something about the animal- native range, or a interesting trivial fact.

Even QR codes would have been great- it could be available in multiple languages that way too!

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Or the purpose of the blurb.

An art historian writing for benefit of visitors at a public gallery, vs the artist trying to pump their piece to well heeled patrons in a contemporary art market have different goals.

Concrete details like info about technique, similarities across the artists work, peer relations or the context of their art, all of which can give meaning to the piece and make it more approachable to casual audiences.

Pseudo-academic blather may be more intentionally obtuse for an elite contemporary market... "You get it, right?"

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