APOD 2.6

Black Hole

This is a computer generated image of what a black hole looks like. Black holes are so massive and effect the surroundings so much that they bend and pull light in so much, that you cannot see the light it is blocking. There is supposedly a ring that forms where more light is bent around the hole, reflecting towards the viewer. These are scary beasts. Hard to find, and supposedly at the center of all galaxies. We really should discover more about these though. Lets go NASA

APOD 2.5

Mono Lake

Life until this point was thought to have required phosphorous. It is now known that life can be made of arsenic, as seen in the picture of the arsenic base life in the upper left hand corner found in Mono Lake. Mono Lake gives us hope that life will be found on other planets. This could mean that life could also exist from many other kinds of elements, and that the search must begin. Life starts as bacteria, but in billions of years, arsenic based life might flourish. The discovery though was a little underwhelming. When studying for unknown life, you definitely want to find something larger than 10 picometers, but this is a good start.