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The final result is extremely similar to the images generated by theoretical physicists' supercomputer simulations, indicating that our theories (in this case our understanding of the physics of a black hole) are correct. Makes you really admire Einstein's mind for being so far ahead of its time to be able to come up with theories that are being proven with a photograph taken a century later... They closed the European press conference by quoting Stephen Hawking... It's a pity he didn't live long enough to witness this today

WE HAVE THE FIRST EVER REAL IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE!!!!!

Six simultaneous press conferences around the world will broadcast the first "groundbreaking" results from the Event Horizon Telescope in less than one hour - a project that was designed to take the first ever image of a black hole. Broadcast starts at 15:00 CEST! European press conference: Japanese press conference: US press conference: https://www.youtube.com/c/VideosatNSF/live Taiwanese press conference: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPk594oZYMU4Eak7By5wHyQ

Absolutely. We need him and he needs us as I'm pretty sure he won't find such an easy-going, calm environment to play his football and be given all his freedoms on and off the pitch while also being the captain and the key figure in the team. Regardless of Kruse's future though, I'm very happy that we managed to bind our best talents on long term contracts. With the Eggestein brothers, Sargent, Rashica and a few youngsters expected to come through our youth ranks in the next few years + Kohfeldt in charge our future looks quite bright. What a nice change.

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Brilliant news.

Also Chris Avellone worked with KOTOR 2 and has been working on this together with Respawn as well... Gives me hope.

Looking forward to tomorrow. The Event Horizon Telescope team is expected to reveal the first image of a black hole; and the second flight of the Falcon Heavy is scheduled for the evening. Then on Thursday the Israeli Beresheet is expected to land on the Moon. Quite a week we're having!

ahahaha how come I've never seen this before

Mika's and Schumi's rivalry and battles both in junior series and in F1 were definitely my favourite. They always fought hard but also had immense respect for each other. Also:

I have a love-hate relationship with NDW. Some of the songs are great but some are proper shite haha. But it has that unmistakable 80s flair for sure...

Respawn's Jedi-themed Star Wars game is being revealed later this week The tagline for Jedi: Fallen Order says the game "tells an original Star Wars story around a surviving Padawan set shortly after the events of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." It's a dark time for the Jedi, and they're being hunted down following the Empire's grim Order 66 policy. Chris Avellone, who worked on KOTOR 2 among many other PC classics, confirmed back in early March that he worked on Jedi Fallen Order with Respawn. Unusually for Respawn, creators of the excellent Titanfall games and Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is singleplayer-only, which the official Star Wars site confirmed shortly after announcement. That was surprising news, given that the studio's first Titanfall game was multiplayer-only—the sequel, of course, added an excellent (if extremely brief) solo campaign. And yes, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order feature lightsaber duels. It'll be interesting to see how Respawn interprets them, given its experience of punchy, physical action in Titanfall. This is almost certainly going to be a third-person action game. Stig Asmussen, previously of the God of War series on PlayStation, announced in 2016 that he was working on Respawn's Star Wars project, and called it third-person in his blog. https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-release-date/

Dutch GP at Zandvoort is apparently set to return to calendar next year already!

You're watching it already???

Yes, I was skeptical at first as despite Bruce Lee being cool, martial art movies from the 70s were a bit silly and the acting was mediocre to put it mildly... But this one actually manages to not overdo the fighting scenes and the story has a lot of layers as there's a lot of going on... Love it so far.

Just watched it and I'm sold. A sort of wild west + Gangs of New York + Boardwalk Empire + Black Sails + Into the Badlands + Banshee + Bruce Lee mix that's got solid fight choreography without it being silly, great music score, good acting and interesting story and characters. The setting of the Chinatown in late 1800s San Francisco is done beautifully. Think you might enjoy it too fellas. @Bluewolf @Viva la FCB @Tommy

Just finished the final episode of Race Across the World... Thoroughly enjoyed it; definitely the best show of this type on TV as it feels much more genuine and natural than the others I've seen before (Amazing Race etc). In the similar series I've seen the participants used to get a lot of help from the locals and had things easier because of the cameras; this seems less like it and when I saw one team getting completely ripped off by the bus company and tuktuk drivers as well as for the taxi from Cambodia to the Thailand border without them even knowing it, I knew this is definitely not staged Also was fun to see and recognise most of the places in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand; I even know where I was at the time when they were filming it there Love the character development and relationship dynamics of the participants; really great watch. Just read that the producers are already looking for new participants for the second series; good to hear it will be coming back! @Pyfish have you watched the rest of it?

Thanks for the kind words but I think there's some mix up as I'm most definitely not going on any awesome holidays this year Just going back to Europe for a few months.

1. Agreed... That said, it's probably the way the transfer fees are now. He's got a 12m release clause apparently; Gladbach offered 10m for him a while ago. Does sound too expensive for me as well though. 2. Hmmm yes a bit too excessive as it stands now. Johannsson's contract is expiring this year and I can't imagine him getting a new one. Pizarro might be retiring (maaaybe haha); Kruse's future is unclear at this moment as his contract expires as well. I love Fin but I'm afraid he is not going to make a proper comeback anymore. That injury was just too serious, he's not the youngest anymore and now injured again after just one match Then it's Osako, Harnik, Sargent and Johannes Eggestein. I'm a big fan of Füllkrug and would love to have him back but not at the expense of strengthening other areas of the team... Now moving to some positive news... Now it's Maxi's turn!

Niclas Füllkrug is apparently on his way back to Bremen! 8m transfer fee and a contract until 2023 is being reported.

This looks good. The pilot episode is now out; will check it out tomorrow...

Hehe work is almost done... Just a few more datasets and it's finally over. Haha. Yeah I enjoyed the debate as well; always open to it as long as everyone remains civil and it's indeed refreshing to be able to talk different opinions without personal insults and the likes. To be fair I started watching F1 properly only in 1991-92 myself so we're pretty much on the same page here... Due to my father working with cars for most of his life and being involved at Nürburgring for a few years I had a lot of chances to meet and talk to many people who were part of the German racing scene at the time and were active in various levels of organising racing events as well as drivers and engineers etc. Nowadays I just have to stick to talking to people online haha.