New Bigger Black Hole
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Massive black holes, Bigger than you could ever imagine. Bigger than some galaxies.
...inter-connecting Universes...where else?Ever wonderedwhat a Black Hole really is and NOT what it does. And how thick, wide and where does it go
? Hummmmmmmmm
, Just wondering
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I want a soy pulsar with anti-matter whip...to go.
Don't know about Starbucks, but I did see a Micky D's whirling around in it.
And it's so massive that there's a smaller black hole orbiting the larger one ... that's what's crazy.
Wonder why we don't send a probe to one?
Wonder why we don't send a probe to one?
Oh, yeah ... the last picture was real, from NASA.gov, and here's the blurb:
"This dramatic image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A provides one of the best views to date of the effects of an active supermassive black hole. Opposing jets of high-energy particles can be seen extending to the outer reaches of the galaxy, and numerous smaller black holes in binary star systems are also visible."
"This dramatic image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A provides one of the best views to date of the effects of an active supermassive black hole. Opposing jets of high-energy particles can be seen extending to the outer reaches of the galaxy, and numerous smaller black holes in binary star systems are also visible."
A little more from NASA.gov:
"We think these monster black holes are spinning close to the limit set by Einstein's theory of relativity, which means that they can drag material around them at close to the speed of light," said Rodrigo Nemmen, a visiting graduate student at Penn State University, and lead author of a paper on the new results, which will be presented on January 10, 2008 at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas.
"Conditions around a stationary black hole are extreme, but around a rapidly spinning one would be even worse", said Nemmen.
The research reinforces other, less direct methods previously used which have indicated that some stellar and supermassive black holes are spinning rapidly. According to Einstein's theory, a rapidly spinning black hole makes space itself rotate. This effect, coupled with gas spiraling toward the black hole, can produce a rotating, tightly wound vertical tower of magnetic field that flings a large fraction of the inflowing gas away from the vicinity of the black hole in an energetic, high-speed jet.
"We think these monster black holes are spinning close to the limit set by Einstein's theory of relativity, which means that they can drag material around them at close to the speed of light," said Rodrigo Nemmen, a visiting graduate student at Penn State University, and lead author of a paper on the new results, which will be presented on January 10, 2008 at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas.
"Conditions around a stationary black hole are extreme, but around a rapidly spinning one would be even worse", said Nemmen.
The research reinforces other, less direct methods previously used which have indicated that some stellar and supermassive black holes are spinning rapidly. According to Einstein's theory, a rapidly spinning black hole makes space itself rotate. This effect, coupled with gas spiraling toward the black hole, can produce a rotating, tightly wound vertical tower of magnetic field that flings a large fraction of the inflowing gas away from the vicinity of the black hole in an energetic, high-speed jet.
Because even if we could send one at the speed of light, it would take 3.5 billion years to get there. By that time, we will have figured out how to travel there in the blink of an eye and look for ourselves so why bother?
--Wag--
Oops ... guess I'm the Dee-Dee-DeeBecause even if we could send one at the speed of light, it would take 3.5 billion years to get there. By that time, we will have figured out how to travel there in the blink of an eye and look for ourselves so why bother?
--Wag--
Funny we have technology to see all this but we still haven't explored our own oceans all the way.
Stephen Hawking (Chair of Physics at Cambridge) wrote a great book with alot of black hole theory "A brief history of time" about 20 years ago, it shined some "light" on the subject.Ever wonderedwhat a Black Hole really is and NOT what it does. And how thick, wide and where does it go
? Hummmmmmmmm
, Just wondering
More recently he has "revised/reversed" many things said in the book, much to learn and then sometimes relearn or re-theory in this case.
Not familiar with any holes bigger than any galaxy? Any links possibly? Thanks. Just Physics Nerd me trying to stay on top my Cosmology.
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