Posted on 01/25/2014 8:25:23 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
A black-hole system in a neighboring galaxy is twice as bright as astronomers had thought possible, a new study reports.
The incredible luminosity of the system in question, which resides about 22 million light-years from Earth in the Pinwheel Galaxy, may force a rethink of the theories that explain how some black holes radiate energy, researchers said.
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Yup. I predict an other grant proposal in 3...2...1
Stephen Hawking stuns physicists by declaring there are no black holessays there are GREY ones
Well I guess the artist will have to get off their butts and come up with a whole new set of cute pictures showing what a grey hole looks like.
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