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There Are No Such Things As Black Holes
universetoday.com ^
| September 24, 2014
| Jason Major on
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 ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; blackhole; blackholes; darkenergy; darkforce; darkmatter; eventhorizon; johnwileyprice; lauramersinihoughton; physics; science; singularity; speedofdark; stringtheory
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To: Slyfox
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posted on
09/24/2014 4:25:27 PM PDT
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mikrofon
(Kilroy Was There)
To: InterceptPoint
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.
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posted on
09/24/2014 5:16:30 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
To: mikrofon
83
posted on
09/24/2014 6:01:27 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: Olog-hai
"John Wiley Price can rest easy now." I salute your greatness, Olog-hai! That had to go right by most people.
84
posted on
09/24/2014 6:07:53 PM PDT
by
West Texas Chuck
(Times change, places change, people stay the same.)
To: jonascord
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!
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Dear zircon,
I stand corrected!
The band “Rush” is one of my favorites.
To: SoothingDave; camle; Alkhin; Professional Engineer; katana; Mr. Silverback; MadIvan; ...
Red Dwarf Ping!
87
posted on
09/24/2014 8:09:47 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Only God Himself watches you more closely than the US government.)
To: webheart
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
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:58:39 AM PDT
by
dragonblustar
( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
To: 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
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posted on
07/05/2025 3:02:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
To: BenLurkin
50 years and they know how the universe works? Bull.
90
posted on
07/05/2025 3:05:49 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
To: BenLurkin
Well gee, that clears that up.
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posted on
07/05/2025 4:40:15 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
To: BenLurkin
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.
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07/05/2025 4:46:32 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
To: BenLurkin
Thank Heaven SOMEONE HAD THE...BALLS...to say that out loud.
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