Posted on 01/06/2009 5:02:55 PM PST by decimon
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Astronomers may have solved a cosmic chicken-and-the-egg problem: Which came first — galaxies or the supermassive black holes in their cores?
For several years now, researchers have known that galaxies and black holes must have co-evolved, with budding galaxies feeding material to a growing black hole while the immense gravity of the black hole generated in its vicinity tremendous radiation that in turn powered star formation. But the scientists hadn't pegged the starting point.
"It looks like black holes came first. The evidence is piling up," said Chris Carilli of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico. Carilli presented his team's findings here today at the 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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Is this a picture of Obama’s brain?
“Singularity, Bang, Expansion, Contraction, repeat infinate amount of times as necessary.”
This gives a new perspective on the “Aw, geeze, not this s**t again” picture that pops up on FR frequently :-)!
That’s a pretty cool trailer. Check out the tinfoil skullcap on the babe in distress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUJJKDa558
LOL!
There would be no way to preserve any information. Anything that had not condensed into the singularity would be obliterated. Unless you believe that some material would somehow be far enough away to escape this cycle. That is also taking into consideration that space is linear.
You must be a lot of fun at parties.
I thought "Dark Energy" gets rid of Contraction.
......What causes the contraction of the universe.....
The boundry film.
what if there is not enough mass to collapse the universe back on itself?(as it looks like)
What if space is not linear? There are some theories out there that it is not. Eventually there would be enough gravitational interaction to pull material back together.
What causes the contraction of the universe?
I believe in the end plain old gravity.
Oh do you know how irresistable that is?
That cheesey moustache that Ernie is sporting is hard on the eyes.
Ernest was in a very good BW movie called "Hey Marty" or Marty. I saw it once on one of the PBS 511 feeds when I worked at a member station.
Well actually at the atomic level everything is moving. There are always forces acting on an object. I’m being pulled toward the center of the earth while typing on this computer. Suddenly dig a hole under me and where do I go? Into the hole. I don’t just stay stationary.
“Something outside of space time has to act on it or it stays a singularity forever.”
What would the critical mass of a singularity be? Is it conditional or is it unconditional.
“That force is supernatural since it outside of space and time. The big bang exploded the idea of a steady state universe . . .
leaving us with the God as a logical necessity.”
Eh I can buy that but who says God is not the supreme experimenter. Often times with a sense of humor.
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