Hackers' Pub

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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Phil Plait @badastro@mastodon.social

2/13/2026, 3:03:37 PM

Public

Hey, if you want your mind absolutely crushed into dust today then read my article at Scientific American about how much energy is released when two supermassive black holes collide. To borrow from Douglas Adams, it's the best bang since the big one.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-energy-is-released-when-supermassive-black-holes-collide/

Two black holes circle each other against a cosmic background, with each black hole surrounded by a region of warped spacetime that distorts background images.

How much energy is released when supermassive black holes collide?

The collision of supermassive black holes shakes the entire cosmos, hard

www.scientificamerican.com · Scientific American

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