Weird Black Hole's Incredible Brightness Perplexes Scientists

Space.com ^ | November 27, 2013 01:00pm ET | By Mike Wall, Senior Writer

[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.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

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[SgtHooper]

Yup. I predict an other grant proposal in 3...2...1

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This thread relates also:

Stephen Hawking stuns physicists by declaring ‘there are no black holes’—says there are GREY ones

[Marine_Uncle]

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.