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Sheeeshhhh... Somebody just HAD to THINK a bit on this one .... spoils
all the fun :):)
<p>Cheers Tom
<br>RicB
<p>Tvak@aol.com wrote:
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<br><font face="Geneva"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>In a message
dated 9/9/03 5:46:52 PM, john@musselwhite.com writes:</font></font></font>
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<blockquote CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"><font face="Geneva"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>NASA's
Chandra X-ray Observatory detected sound waves,</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Geneva"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>for the first
time, from a super-massive black hole.</font></font></font></blockquote>
<p><font face="Geneva"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>I'm confused.
Sound is created by a disturbance in the AIR which emanates from the source
and is detected by our ears, or a microphone, etc. Since there is
NO AIR in space, how does this 'sound wave' get to earth, and thus be detected
by NASA?</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Geneva"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Tom Sivak</font></font></font></blockquote>
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<br>Richard Brekne
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