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Powehi - The Black Hole

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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of radio antennae around the globe, has captured the first image of a black hole event horizon. That's right, folks, they turned the earth into one giant telescope to capture the what seemed to be the uncapturable. Here it is, the mighty black hole situated at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy as captured on 10th April, 2019. Stephen Hawking would be proud. The image above shows an intensely bright 'Ring of Fire', as Prof Falcke describes it, surrounding a perfectly circular dark hole. The bright halo is caused by super-heated gas falling into the hole. The light is brighter than all the billions of other stars in the galaxy combined - which is why it can be seen at such distance from Earth. However, as immense and powerful as this black hole is, when viewed from the earth, it is extremely small. Compared to the full moon, the shadow cast by the M87 black hole is 46.5 million times smaller. M87's black hole is a

My Collection Of Amoled Backgrounds - Part VIII (Miscellaneous Backgrounds)

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Hey there! So, I have a good number of amoled backgrounds that I would like to post on this blog and for the sake of convenience, I'll post them in parts. My eighth collection is a random assortment of miscellaneous backgrounds. I've posted the links to the other seven parts at the end of this post. Here are some of my favourite backgrounds of this collection. To download the wallpapers, simply click or tap them. You will be redirected to the corresponding Dropbox or Google Drive links from where you can get the uncompressed versions of the wallpapers. How to Download Images From Dropbox My Personal Favourites 1. Star Wars: 2. Pokémon: 3. Dragon Ball: 4. Random: I request you to download the wallpapers from the Dropbox / Drive links by clicking or tapping them. Please do not download the wallpapers directly by right clicking or

Queen

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I'm making this post to pay tribute to perhaps the most legendary band of all time, Queen. The Beginning Roger Taylor and Brian May, founder members of a band called 'Smile', parted ways with their lead singer after a gig at a pub and met Farrokh Bulsara, popularly known as Freddie Mercury. This lead to the formation of one of the best bands of all time. Queen came into existence after Freddie and bassist John Deacon joined Roger and Brian on 1st March, 1971. The band was to stay together for the next 20 years. Reaching the Top The rest is rock history. EMI Records and Elektra Records signed the band. In 1973, their debut album ‘Queen’ was released and hailed as one of the most exciting developments ever in rock music. Queen didn't take long to reach the top. In 1974, they performed one of their greatest hits, 'Killer Queen', for BBC's 'Top Of The Pops'. Queen - Killer Queen (Top Of The Pops, 1974) The Bohemian Rhapsody Th

My Collection Of Amoled Backgrounds - Part VII (Miscellaneous Backgrounds)

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Hey there! So, I have a good number of amoled backgrounds that I would like to post on this blog and for the sake of convenience, I'll post them in parts. My seventh collection is a random assortment of miscellaneous backgrounds. I've posted the links to the other six parts at the end of this post. Here are some of my favourite backgrounds of this collection. To download the wallpapers, simply click or tap them. You will be redirected to the corresponding Dropbox or Google Drive links from where you can get the uncompressed versions of the wallpapers. How to Download Images From Dropbox My Personal Favourites 1. Star Wars: 2. Pokémon: 3. Dragon Ball: 4. Random: I request you to download the wallpapers from the Dropbox / Drive links by clicking or tapping them. Please do not download the wallpapers directly by right clicking or long tapping them as the ones