Posted on 09/24/2014 12:36:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Thats the conclusion reached by one researcher from the University of North Carolina: black holes cant exist in our Universe not mathematically, anyway.
Im still not over the shock, said Laura Mersini-Houghton, associate physics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Weve been studying this problem for a more than 50 years and this solution gives us a lot to think about.
In a news article spotlighted by UNC the scenario suggested by Mersini-Houghton is briefly explained. Basically, when a massive star reaches the end of its life and collapses under its own gravity after blasting its outer layers into space which is commonly thought to result in an ultra-dense point called a singularity surrounded by a light- and energy-trapping event horizon it undergoes a period of intense outgoing radiation (the sort of which was famously deduced by Stephen Hawking.) This release of radiation is enough, Mersini-Houghton has calculated, to cause the collapsing star to lose too much mass to allow a singularity to form. No singularity means no event horizon
and no black hole.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
This would be a very bad time to forget to carry the 2.
Thnx. LOL
I salute your greatness, Olog-hai! That had to go right by most people.
That, or the sock elves no longer visit your home for some reason?
And as some have said: Thus do we growl that(our) big toes have, at this moment, been thrown up from below!
Dear zircon,
I stand corrected!
The band “Rush” is one of my favorites.
Wow, hit a nerve? LOL
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