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- sockpuppets, on 11/04/2007, -1/+29By examining the gravitational influence it has on objects around it.
- Richandler, on 10/31/2007, -0/+14This news is 1.8 million years old.
- stklaw, on 11/04/2007, -1/+15Put it on a scale.
- iFungus, on 11/04/2007, -2/+14F = Gm1m2/r^2
- iFungus, on 10/31/2007, -0/+12I hate it when logic gets in the way of the lulz.
- LStone, on 11/04/2007, -1/+11super massive black hole?
- carl25, on 11/04/2007, -4/+12how does one weigh a black hole
- Barf87, on 10/31/2007, -0/+7Goatse's massive reach is confirmed yet again.
- humperdeath, on 11/04/2007, -1/+8Would that be Oprah's ass?
- UtopiaInTheSky, on 11/04/2007, -2/+8Mass is not weight.
- Skooma714, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6Black Holes are an interesting piece of the universe as they seem to do basically whatever they damn well please. Our theories are only a cursory rule set that they really don't care about. Very large and infinite things do weird stuff.
FYIABH: ***** You, I'm A Black Hole. - sockpuppets, on 11/04/2007, -1/+7This is a large "normal black hole" and not a supermassive black hole, just fyi.
- thealliedhacker, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5Even if it made it, you would have no way of getting a signal out... that's the whole point >_>
According to Hawking, from your point of view it would take a near infinite ammount of time to cross the event horizon anyways. - swordedge, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5According to theory, black holes can be smaller than an atom. When Hawking first figured that out, there was an idea to hunt for an asteroid that weights too much, move aside the rock, then you'd have your black hole. And the really weird image is towing it. Black holes can hold a charge so you can charge it up and tow it with magnetic fields. The image is towing what looks like nothing with a tugboat space ship with engines going full bore and the speed is amazingly slow. Lots o work to go slow. At the time, Larry Niven won a Hugo for the short story "The Hole Man". Then Hawking came out with an addendum to his theory, small black holes dissipate. While it ruined a good story, the Hugo is really nice on his shelf.
- carl25, on 10/31/2007, -2/+6it would probably rip the rocket to shreds before it even came close, it would take millions of light years to even reach it.
Because if the black hole was close to us, i wouldn't be typing this - innocentsinner, on 11/04/2007, -0/+4Dugg for Muse
- shahruz84, on 12/17/2008, -0/+4glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive....
- krisscofield, on 10/31/2007, -0/+3Dugg for Muse awesomeness.
- hayden.evans, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3damn beat me to it!
- chriscantu, on 10/31/2007, -0/+3The previous story was about a different blackhole that weighted about 16 Solar masses... this one a different one and is heavier.
FTA: The new record setter, announced by NASA today, shatters an already puzzling weight record set earlier this month.
Since the this story is dated Oct 30th, it seems that digg is speeding around an event horizon at relativistic speeds.. or simply this is a different story. - Chris_F, on 10/31/2007, -0/+3You set my soul alight.
- tamzarian, on 11/04/2007, -6/+9The same way you find one: Magic.
- ilikesboobs, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2Yay, I'm not the only one that listens to Muse!
- FallOutBoyTonto, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2couple of stellar black holes combined¿
- MackDiesel2010, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2Is it a black spot?
- shahruz84, on 12/17/2008, -0/+2I thought I was a fool for no-one
Oh baby I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth
nananananananaaaaanananaanannanananananaaa - yujie, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2How do we harness its dark massive power?
- inactive, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2Like a cat?
- abcdigg, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2I've seen how these black hole hunters study a few fluctuating pixels on a monitor and use insane logic to determine the presence and characteristics of black holes.
It's truly insane.
They may be good at math but where are their freakin brains? - sremick, on 11/04/2007, -1/+3Pics or... umm nevermind.
- teddyrux, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2Murray: There's something I wanted to talk to you about actually, Jemaine. Uhhmmm, it's not good news. Planet Jemaine...Supernova'ed. Yeah, there's nothing left of it apparently, just a huge gaseous cloud and the beginnings of a black hole.
Jemaine: When did this happen?
Murray: Uh, about four million years ago. - Neiby, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2Wow. That'll teach me to RTFA next time. I thought this was a dupe.
- Zeita, on 11/04/2007, -0/+2scientists can't figure out why this black hole formed? Man that sucks.
- afdlips, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1***** geniuses.
- MtheoryX, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1Ah, yes. Like the one story where you make an absurd, unsubstantiated comment and end up getting dugg down?
Yeah, I'm seeing that pattern more and more.
In fact, here it is again. - siriusfox, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1Because then they would have to explain why this is actually a black hole, and not something else. Which they can't actually do yet.
- MtheoryX, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1So would it not be possible to send two rockets? One stays well outside the event horizon to record and transmit results back, and the second goes over the event horizon.
Of course, after crossing the event horizon, we shouldn't be able to see any light coming from it; however, as you mentioned, it would appear to take an infinite amount of time for it to actually cross. This leads me to believe we would at least be able to capture some footage of the actual event.
And of course this would be physical proof, and recorded measurements that can be analyzed later. - Fosnez, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1"The black hole companion is shedding its outer envelope in a powerful wind, and some of this gas is captured by the black hole's powerful gravity."
I'm not normally a grammar nazi, but this could really have been written better... "The black hole's companion is shedding..." - UtopiaInTheSky, on 11/04/2007, -3/+4Goatse?
- siriusfox, on 11/04/2007, -0/+1In the immortal words of Einstein...
"Your calculations are correct, but your physics is abominable." - shahruz84, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1of course youre not. how could you ever think you were?
- heinousjay, on 11/04/2007, -1/+2Only in gravity. Weighing something is shockingly ineffective in space.
- crashflow, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1You know what they say...
Once you get sucked into a blackhole, you never go back. - InfinitySnatch, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1Spiral Nemesis?
- meachen, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1Paris Hilton
- Soave, on 10/31/2007, -1/+1That sucks.
- johnkelsen, on 11/04/2007, -1/+1Truly a stellar black hole.
- Neiby, on 10/31/2007, -2/+2This black hole must also cause some weird sort of time warp. This is the second time this story has hit the front page in about two weeks. I think we have a time loop. If that's the case, I predict we should be seeing a Ron Paul story any moment now.
- halogenic, on 10/31/2007, -0/+0So what would happen if two SMBHs merged, if one was made of antimatter? Gravity would effect them both in the same way to combine their mass. I'm guessing it would be one hell of a bang, but where would it bang, since nothing can escape a black hole.
- sinseeker, on 10/31/2007, -0/+0I think the black hole is a little bit more rounder and smoother...not bubbly like Oprah's! More like J Lo's!
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