1.0The Spacewriter's Ramblingshttps://thespacewriter.com/wprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZEu4xXGp2H"><a href="https://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/08/10/starving-black-holes-and-smashing-planets/">Starving Black Holes and Smashing Planets</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/08/10/starving-black-holes-and-smashing-planets/embed/#?secret=ZEu4xXGp2H" width="600" height="338" title="“Starving Black Holes and Smashing Planets” — The Spacewriter's Ramblings" data-secret="ZEu4xXGp2H" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Life Sucked for Early Black Holes Lots of big astronomy news is hitting the ether this afternoon. The first story to catch my eye is this one about how early black holes weren’t quite the gluttons for material that they were expected to be.  Since most galaxies have black holes at their hearts, this idea … Continue reading →http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/377609main_blackhole_diet_HI.jpg