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Beautiful orrery(solar system model) avaiable in : http://www.orrerystore.com/orrery_sale1.html .Science & Reason on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ScienceReasonSupermassive black hole in the centre of our galaxy. Unprecedented 16-year long study tracks stars orbiting Milky Way black hole - ESOcast 02 (HD)---Please subscribe to Science & Reason:• http://www.YouTube.com/Best0fSciencehttp://www.YouTube.com/ScienceMagazinehttp://www.YouTube.com/ScienceTVhttp://www.YouTube.com/FFreeThinker---In this second episode of the ESOcast Dr. J takes us to the centre of the Milky Way to talk about a supermassive black hole there located. We will hear from two scientists involved in an unprecedented 16-year long study, which used several of ESO's flagship telescopes to produce the most detailed view ever of the surroundings of the monster lurking at our Galaxy's heart. How were the hidden secrets of this tumultuous region unravelled? Watch this ESOcast and find out.Credit:• Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser, Luis Calçada, Herbert Zodet• Host: Dr. J.• Footage and photos: ESO / R.Genzel, S. Gillessen• Web and technical support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida• Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO - Astronomy made on planet Earth. Here we explore the Universe's ultimate frontier with our host Dr. J, a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J's real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy.ESO is the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere. Created in 1962, ESO provides state-of-the-art research facilities to European astronomers and astrophysicists and is supported by Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Several other countries have expressed a strong interest in joining the organisation. Whilst the Headquarters (comprising the scientific, technical and administrative centre of the organisation) are located in Garching near Munich, Germany, ESO operates, in addition to the Santiago Centre, three observational sites in the Chilean Atacama desert.http://www.eso.org/.

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  • There is a black hole at the centre of the Earth, about 2-3' wide. It creates the electromagnetism of the planet and creates out gravity. It appears the the problem of a unified field theory, has been solved.

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