The Blackest Black Hole: Scientists Find a Monster the Size of 21 Billion Sun

[vivalazyzz]

An artist's conception of stars moving in the central regions of a giant elliptical galaxy that harbors a supermassive black hole

Gemini Observatory, AURA artwork by Lynette Cook via Nature / AP
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They're huge. They're voracious. They're blacker than a panther on a moonless night. They're black holes, the mind-bending, space-warping cosmic objects with gravity so insanely powerful that even a beam of light that wanders too close will be sucked in, never to emerge. Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted they might exist, but the great physicist himself doubted it would really happen.

Einstein was wrong. Over the past decade or two, black holes have been discovered all over the place — small ones peppered around the Milky Way and huge ones, impressively called "supermassive" black holes, lurking the centers of galaxies. The one at the core of Milky Way weighs as much as a couple of million stars, and it could swallow the sun without even noticing, the way you'd swallow a pistachio.



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[EyesCold]

heatherac finally doing anal eh

[PROPH3CY]

Would jump in one if i had the chance

[WordPower]

An artist's conception of stars moving in the central regions of a giant elliptical galaxy that harbors a supermassive black hole

Gemini Observatory, AURA artwork by Lynette Cook via Nature / AP
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They're huge. They're voracious. They're blacker than a panther on a moonless night. They're black holes, the mind-bending, space-warping cosmic objects with gravity so insanely powerful that even a beam of light that wanders too close will be sucked in, never to emerge. Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted they might exist, but the great physicist himself doubted it would really happen.

Einstein was wrong. Over the past decade or two, black holes have been discovered all over the place — small ones peppered around the Milky Way and huge ones, impressively called "supermassive" black holes, lurking the centers of galaxies. The one at the core of Milky Way weighs as much as a couple of million stars, and it could swallow the sun without even noticing, the way you'd swallow a pistachio.



Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...#ixzz1gAohXvhz

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Cool picture, and the writing in bold is awesome.

[godsangina2]

heatherac finally doing anal eh

lmao

whale whale whale, looks like we've only just scratched the surface of this structure gentlemen.

[TheBlackNight]

so wait, were black holes "theories" up until now or something?

[ilicet51]

I hate Artist's conceptions.

[seanb1979]

As they gain mass, they might exert enough gravitational pull to slow down the expansion of the universe and possibly reverse it, condensing matter into a small point, until it reaches a critical mass, then big bang all over again.. of course this is pretty theoretical, but its mind blowing to think that this cycle may just be endlessly going and going and going, with reality essentially being re-created over uncountable eons going back to infinity

[seanb1979]

so wait, were black holes "theories" up until now or something?

no weve known about them for a long time

[im12watisthis]

[bigben2121]

so where does the **** go that gets sucked in?

[Abilities]

dat bbh

[Marc936]

As they gain mass, they might exert enough gravitational pull to slow down the expansion of the universe and possibly reverse it, condensing matter into a small point, until it reaches a critical mass, then big bang all over again.. of course this is pretty theoretical, but its mind blowing to think that this cycle may just be endlessly going and going and going, with reality essentially being re-created over uncountable eons going back to infinity

didnt someone that won the nobel prize this year proved that the universe was actually accelerating, therefore disproving the notion that the big bang is a circular process

[BeReal23]

I'm fukin fascinated with space. Was gonna take an astronomy class until I found out they have like 8 or 9 oclock labs

[zurus]

blackhole of peace

[wowz]

A black hole with the same mass as the earth would fit in your palm.

Shiz is crazy bros.

I also hate explaining to dumbfuks that black holes are not actual "holes"

[seanb1979]

so where does the **** go that gets sucked in?

condenses into a tiny point

[NYPat]

so where does the **** go that gets sucked in?

It gets ****-blasted out the back.

[seanb1979]

didnt someone that won the nobel prize this year proved that the universe was actually accelerating, therefore disproving the notion that the big bang is a circular process

it is accelerating, but what if a black hole became massive enough to start it over again, but just with less mass than before? lots of matter would escape on the edge, but maybe black holes can only gain so much mass before they explode... so much we dont know

[seanb1979]

It gets ****-blasted out the back.

[xfirewolfx]

Crazy

[steelers1377]

didnt someone that won the nobel prize this year proved that the universe was actually accelerating, therefore disproving the notion that the big bang is a circular process

your not very smart are you.....lol

[BobbyLight1]

it just gets compacted, its a giant ball of mass/energy essentially. the mass to size ratio is incredible.

black holes are formed when a star collapses on itself

just some info for you brahs

for more info, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstud...k-hole-58.html

[rambobobby]

Theoretically what if one black hole comes across another?

[BobbyLight1]

Theoretically what if one black hole comes across another?

they would just add together creating a bigger black hole

[orangebrah]

so wait, were black holes "theories" up until now or something?

No. This is pointless.

Theoretically what if one black hole comes across another?

This happens a lot since there's billions of galaxies, they just become another huge black hole.

[Marc936]

it is accelerating, but what if a black hole became massive enough to start it over again, but just with less mass than before? lots of matter would escape on the edge, but maybe black holes can only gain so much mass before they explode... so much we dont know

that sounds more of a sci fi flick than being logically true

[IsThisRealLife]

Pretty crazy to think of. I still find Supernova's slightly more interesting (such shear power), but then you have basically the antithesis of that in blackholes

[IsThisRealLife]

Theoretically what if one black hole comes across another?

Well, sometimes, when two black holes have sufficient density and compatibility, they merge together, and create a whole new black hole. Such is the cosmic circle of life

[Marc936]

your not very smart are you.....lol

brb some ******* thinks hes a know-it-all because he reads a few articles and thinks hes some kind of genius. You did the math on it brah? If not, stfu. I just stated what was proven.


btw hard to believe someone who can't even tell the difference between your and you're