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First Ever Photos of a Black Hole; Pence\u2019s Moon Shot; Headline Writers on High Alert<\/b><\/p>\n

Black Hole Photo Credit: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Scientists today announced today the successful capture of the first ever image of a black hole. The product of a vast international collaboration, the Event Horizon Telescope, \u201ca planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes\u2026 \u2014 was designed\u201d specifically for this purpose. <\/p>\n

And it went something like this:<\/p>\n

If you could fly past the black hole you would see things more clearly, but you would be at great risk of being pulled in. And, as many of us know from various fictional and documentary accounts, this strong gravitational pull is about as strong as it gets. Some might say \u201cinfinity\u201d but that wouldn\u2019t be exactly scientifically correct. <\/p>\n

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Trump in Space: <\/strong>The new photo of a black hole comes a week after the Trump administration once again fell back on country\u2019s now ageing space leadership and glory.<\/a> Space exploration is an easy go-to for Trump and Pence to distract from the daily news cycle, to try to appear presidential, and when spun competitively to stir up their base. It\u2019s also been a while\u2026<\/p>\n

Under Bush and Obama, the US space program was not the field of dreams. They didn\u2019t build it. We got an ill-conceived Mars shot, a clean-up of said Mars mission, along with distracting wars, recessions, and an ageing shuttle program started in 1981. <\/p>\n

Vice President Pence wants us back on the moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trump stepped up for \u201cgreatness\u201d with the good-old-days of the coldwar-sounding mission to patrol space. They offered Trump\/Pence PAC members the chance to vote on logos and the name Space Force<\/a> last year proposing a new branch of the military.<\/p>\n

Last week, in spite of recent cuts and redirections of NASA budgets, Vice President Pence demanded that the agency up its game, saying 2028 was \u201cjust not good enough,\u201d telling them it had to be by 2024 because, \u201cwe\u2019re better than that\u201d. Multiple reports from the speech in Alabama noted that this position and \u201cencouragement\u201d surprised everyone involved, that there were no resources or even back-up materials prepared as of yet, and noted that this new schedule would conveniently land on the moon in the final year of a two term Trump presidency. So the space program is once again the stuff of dreams. <\/p>\n

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Hubble finds Arouras on Uranus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Hubble and Event Horizon Telescopes Cause Massive Concern in News Rooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just last month, Hubble announcements of massive storms on the iciest planets bolstered previous warnings to newsrooms and science beat reporters. First was last year\u2019s announcement that scientists were reconsidering their previous lack of interest in Uranus and Neptune. And, by February there were reports of Auroras on the surface of Uranus, and then news of competing storms on both ice planets. Potentially more than just awkward. Newsrooms handled news blasts from uranus-focused researchers well, and everyone\u2019s enjoyed the newfound fascination with Uranus. Until today\u2026<\/p>\n

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Hubble finds storm raging on Uranus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Today the threat escalated. Event Horizon has taken journalists to the the highest threat level with a matrix of disastrous intersectional outcomes. Add to that the stress of the vaseline filtered images included with today\u2019s release and i just don\u2019t think this is \u201ctoo soon\u201d. To those serving on the front lines of this tense media situation, thank you for your service.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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