PBS Space Time: Did JWST Solve the Mystery of Supermassive Black Hole Origins?

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This is what we astronomers call a blob, or a smudge, if you want to get really technical. It may not look like much from here, but what do you expect for something near the literal edge of the observable universe. If you were there when this light was emitted, you’d A. be at the beginning of time, and B. be looking at an entire galaxy containing an enormous black hole at its heart. It’s the most distant black hole we’ve semi-directly detected. That’s cool enough on its own, but as an added bonus this one smudge may have solved the mystery of the origin of the supermassive black holes in our universe.

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6 comments
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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 14, 2024 • 5:58:19pm

So — will the SOTU not take place because the government is shut down?

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darthstar  Feb 14, 2024 • 6:04:00pm

re: #1 Hecuba’s daughter

So — will the SOTU not take place because the government is shut down?

President Biden could still give it, and Democrats would still attend.

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silverdolphin  Feb 14, 2024 • 6:07:20pm

re: #1 Hecuba’s daughter

So — will the SOTU not take place because the government is shut down?

When the government was shut down in 2019, Pelosi asked Trump to either delay the speech or submit it writing. Because of security concerns. So Trump delayed the speech until the shutdown was over.

I would not be surprised to see the current weaselface simply say, give it to us in writing to prevent Biden the bully pulpit. Of coure, no one can stop Biden from giving the speech in front of another audience.

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gwangung  Feb 14, 2024 • 6:08:14pm

re: #3 silverdolphin

When the government was shut down in 2019, Pelosi asked Trump to either delay the speech or submit it writing. Because of security concerns. So Trump delayed the speech untl the shutdown was over.

I would not be surprised to see the current weaselface simply say, give it to us in writing to prevent Biden the bully pulpit. Of coure, no one can stop Biden from giving the speech in front of another audience.

Don’t think anyone can stop him from just giving a televised speech.

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jaunte  Feb 14, 2024 • 6:09:21pm

I’m just getting to the supermassive cotton candy part and now there’s Seth Meyers.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Feb 14, 2024 • 6:15:01pm

re: #1 Hecuba’s daughter

So — will the SOTU not take place because the government is shut down?

I don’t think so. Can you imagine the PR Coup POTUS would count as he asks the MSM cameras to pan over the R side of the isles, to only show it sparsely occupied, or empty? And then pan over to show the D side fully packed, and then comment, “Well, we see who really has America’s interests in mind”? I don’t think that even the so called “Moses of the Potamac” is that stupid. But hey. if I’m wrong, more power to him.


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