The black hole disk that shouldn’t exist

Astronomers didn’t expect to see a thin disk around the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 3147, some 130 million light-years away. They’re using Einstein’s theories of relativity to understand the velocities involved, and the intensity of black hole’s pull. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/black-hole-disk-shouldnt-exist-galaxy-ngc-3147…

AMD Is Working On a Monster 64-Core Threadripper CPU, Landing As Early As Q4 2019

AMD is preparing a monstrous 64-core/128-thread Threadripper CPU for launch in Q4 2019. “AMD’s largest HEDT processor right now is the W2990X which tops out at 32-cores,” reports Wccftech. “This is nothing to sneeze at and is already the highest core HEDT part around but because the world can’t get enough of these yummy cores, AMD is planning to launch a…

Ancient ‘Loch Ness Monster’ from Antarctica Breaks a Record for Body Size

Paleontologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Loch Ness Monster look-alike in freezing Antarctica. And just like the legendary Nessie, it wasn’t the runt of the litter. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65707-loch-ness-monster-plesiosaur-antarctica.html