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#Gemini #North #telescope on #Hawaii reveals #first #dormant, #stellarmass #blackhole in our #cosmic #backyard.

#Astronomers have discovered the #closest known black hole to #Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the #MilkyWay. Its close proximity to Earth, a mere #1600 #lightyears away, offers an intriguing target of study to advance our understanding of the evolution of #binary systems

Working on the Atagi sheet for #stellarmass

There's three kinds of Atagi. Soldiers, Workers, and Queens. What they do is obvious. Technically all of them are female and reproduce via thelytoky parthenogenesis. I imagine they evolved that way as the scrub-lands (in which they mostly live) got bigger and bigger and drones had problems finding queens so...why not just not rely on drones anymore?

HW asked his patreon reward drawing to be an Anansi from my #stellarmass universe showing off a beautiful blanket she wove! It also needed to include constellations, so this particular one to them is 'the great dragon', which is pretty much a gigantic predatory non-sapient dragonfly type invertebrate that inhabits their planet.

#art #mastoart

Another #stellarmass #alien for you guys! It's my favorite thing in the world, science fiction and westerns, combined into one...the #Springer !

Full writeup is on my FA -> https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33034955

#art #mastoart

Got another #stellarmass #alien for you guys! The first species I made up and one that's very popular cause of FLOOF and CUTE....the #zuraki !!!

Full writeup is on my FA -> https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33034512/

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