their news stories but
may not make it public until the embargo
time and date arrive.
Gemini’s web site is
prepared and ready
to go live at the exact
moment the embargo lifts.
Figure 5.
The finished M101 ULX-1
artwork, showing a
horizontal format. The
black hole was reduced
in size and the inner disk
was brightened. Further
adjustments were made
to the density of the
stream’s gas, the material
blowing away from the
star, and the coloration of
the disk.
Credit: Gemini Observatory/
AURA; artwork by
Lynette Cook
View artwork online here.
When the magic
moment arrives the
article and accompanying images can appear anywhere: on the
web, in magazines, on the evening news, and
in the next morning’s newspaper. The extent
of the release’s reach is dependent upon how
exciting the news is deemed to be and how
much other breaking news gets top billing. A
politician’s indiscretions or movie star’s arrest
might bump the science off the front page,
or off the evening news entirely.
It’s All in the Timing
Figure 6.
The supermassive black
hole at the center of
Mrk 231 has a broad
outflow, shown here as
the fan-shaped wedge at
the top