Sci/Tech Warp drive possible

kiwi_2005 · 12-08-06, 12:51 AM

I have no doubt one day humans will be warping around the universe

, maybe not in my time tho.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/364496.stm

CCIP · 12-08-06, 02:59 AM

Also,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5016068.stm

I think modern scientists are just a bunch of Trekkies intent on realizing their fantasy one day

Or at least so would BBC have us believe!

kiwi_2005 · 12-08-06, 06:29 PM

A giant black hole displaying horrifying table manners has been caught in the act of guzzling a star in a galaxy four billion lightyears away.
For the past two years, scientists have monitored the dramatic events as the star, residing in a galaxy in the Bootes constellation, was ripped apart by the black hole.
Scientists used Nasa's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an orbiting telescope sensitive to two bands of ultraviolet wavelengths, to detect an ultraviolet flare coming from the centre of a remote elliptical galaxy.
"This ultraviolet flare was from a star literally being ripped apart and swallowed by the black hole," said Suvi Gezari of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and lead author of the paper describing the findings in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
"This is the first time that we've actually been able to monitor the flare of radiation from such an event in detail. Only once every 10,000 years will a star pass close enough to a [galaxy's] central black hole to be ripped apart and swallowed in this manner," Mr Gezari said.
The scientists hope the findings will give them a better understanding of black holes, objects whose gravity is so powerful even light cannot escape.
It is believed that super-massive black holes are located at the core of every galaxy. For example, Mr Gezari said, the Milky Way galaxy in which our solar system resides has a dormant super-massive black hole at its centre.
Scientists said in this case the unfortunate star strayed a bit too close to the black hole deep inside the galaxy, and was mutilated by the force of its gravity. They believe that parts of the star swirled around and then plunged into the black hole, which sent out the bright ultraviolet flare that the satellite detected.
Scientists continue to use the telescope to observe the ultraviolet light as it fades while the black hole snacks on the final table scraps from the devoured star.
"We looked at the galaxy in 2003 and there was no ultraviolet light coming from the galaxy at all," Mr Gezari said. "And then in 2004, we suddenly saw this very bright source. The only way to explain such a luminous ultraviolet flare is if the black hole swallowed a star."
- REUTERS

Der Eisen-Wal · 12-09-06, 03:50 AM

the solution is simple... modify the main deflector dish to emit an inverse tachyon beam into the anomoly...

i'll be getting my coat...

12-08-06, 12:51 AM	#1
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Sci/Tech Warp drive possible I have no doubt one day humans will be warping around the universe , maybe not in my time tho. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/364496.stm __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

12-08-06, 02:59 AM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Also, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5016068.stm I think modern scientists are just a bunch of Trekkies intent on realizing their fantasy one day Or at least so would BBC have us believe! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-08-06, 06:29 PM	#3
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	A giant black hole displaying horrifying table manners has been caught in the act of guzzling a star in a galaxy four billion lightyears away. For the past two years, scientists have monitored the dramatic events as the star, residing in a galaxy in the Bootes constellation, was ripped apart by the black hole. Scientists used Nasa's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an orbiting telescope sensitive to two bands of ultraviolet wavelengths, to detect an ultraviolet flare coming from the centre of a remote elliptical galaxy. "This ultraviolet flare was from a star literally being ripped apart and swallowed by the black hole," said Suvi Gezari of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and lead author of the paper describing the findings in Astrophysical Journal Letters. "This is the first time that we've actually been able to monitor the flare of radiation from such an event in detail. Only once every 10,000 years will a star pass close enough to a [galaxy's] central black hole to be ripped apart and swallowed in this manner," Mr Gezari said. The scientists hope the findings will give them a better understanding of black holes, objects whose gravity is so powerful even light cannot escape. It is believed that super-massive black holes are located at the core of every galaxy. For example, Mr Gezari said, the Milky Way galaxy in which our solar system resides has a dormant super-massive black hole at its centre. Scientists said in this case the unfortunate star strayed a bit too close to the black hole deep inside the galaxy, and was mutilated by the force of its gravity. They believe that parts of the star swirled around and then plunged into the black hole, which sent out the bright ultraviolet flare that the satellite detected. Scientists continue to use the telescope to observe the ultraviolet light as it fades while the black hole snacks on the final table scraps from the devoured star. "We looked at the galaxy in 2003 and there was no ultraviolet light coming from the galaxy at all," Mr Gezari said. "And then in 2004, we suddenly saw this very bright source. The only way to explain such a luminous ultraviolet flare is if the black hole swallowed a star." - REUTERS __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

12-09-06, 03:50 AM	#4
Der Eisen-Wal Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 121 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	the solution is simple... modify the main deflector dish to emit an inverse tachyon beam into the anomoly... i'll be getting my coat...