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Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole

apod.nasa.gov — In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen directly: a black hole. Studies of the bright light emitted by the swirling gas frequently indicate not only that a black hole is present, but also likely attributes.

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  • staffa, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Gah, a black hole would not look like that.

    It would look like a relatively flat disc of material that is spinning at different rates, there would be no bowl like depression, that is wild stupid fantasy. The closer you get to the center, the higher the energy of the impacts of the particles flowing in. Thus the brighter the light coming out. Also, the closer to the center, the more red shifted the light would be, until very near the center at the event horizon the red shift becomes infinite and thus invisible.

    A magnetic field would powerful eject material and radiation at the poles though(as illustrated)



  • chrissku, on 11/25/2008, -1/+2Amazing apod. One of the best I've seen yet.
  • jaygeeze, on 11/26/2008, -0/+0So that's what a real K hole looks like... :)

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