There Are No Such Things As Black Holes

universetoday.com ^ | September 24, 2014 | Jason Major on

[BenLurkin]

That’s the conclusion reached by one researcher from the University of North Carolina: black holes can’t exist in our Universe — not mathematically, anyway.

“I’m still not over the shock,” said Laura Mersini-Houghton, associate physics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. “We’ve 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.

[mikrofon]

[Slings and Arrows]

This is interesting. I assume the math and the related assumptions will be given well more than the normal scrutiny.

This would be a very bad time to forget to carry the 2.

[Slyfox]

Thnx. LOL

[West Texas Chuck]

"John Wiley Price can rest easy now."

I salute your greatness, Olog-hai! That had to go right by most people.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

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!”

[Terry L Smith]

Dear zircon,

I stand corrected!

The band “Rush” is one of my favorites.

[null and void]

Red Dwarf Ping!

[dragonblustar]

Oh. MY. GOD!! The poor guy is a quadriplegic. He barely has the use of the tips of one of his fingers. Cut him some slack. Lots of people go to strip clubs, and your Psalm this and Psalm that doesn't make you better.

Wow, hit a nerve? LOL

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 9/24/2014, thanks BenLurkin.

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[Fledermaus]

50 years and they know how the universe works? Bull.

[Bullish]

Well gee, that clears that up.

[MayflowerMadam]

I’ve always put black holes in the same categories as sasquatch and Easter Bunny.

Black holes provide an outlet for self-absorbed eggheads to narrate weird “documentaries” on TV. They’re so, so serious — as if they’re talking about an actual thing. The pay for the theater productions probably is pretty good.

[Maris Crane]

Thank Heaven SOMEONE HAD THE...BALLS...to say that out loud.