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For Fully Mature Black Holes, Time Stands Still
Yahoo News ^ | 1-27-11 | Clara Moskowitz

Posted on 01/28/2011 5:33:22 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

The end of a black hole’s evolution may be a mind-bending kind of space-time independent of time. A new study proposes a method to tell how far any black hole is from reaching this end state.

Black holes are some of the weirdest things in the universe. They occur when mass is packed into a tiny volume, squished to its ultimate density.

Though observations suggest black holes are prevalent in the universe, scientists still don't really understand what goes on inside them. The equations of general relativity usually used to understand the physics of the universe break down in these cases.

"It is really beyond the physics we know," said Juan Antonio Valiente Kroon, a mathematician at Queen Mary, University of London. "To understand what happens inside a black hole, we need to invent new physics."

Mercifully, the physics for the end state of a black hole is somewhat simpler. A solution to the equations of general relativity was found that produced a situation called "Kerr spacetime." Scientists now think Kerr spacetime is what happens when a black hole has reached its final evolutionary state.

"Mainly the equations of relativity are so complex that for relativistic systems, the only way you can probe these equations is by means of computer," Valiente Kroon told SPACE.com. "Solutions like this Kerr solution are really exceptional. The Kerr solution is one of the few explicitly known solutions to general relativity that have a direct physical meaning."

Kerr spacetime is time-independent, meaning that nothing in Kerr spacetime changes over time. In effect, time stands still. A black hole in such a state is essentially stationary...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; blackhole; science; stringtheory; time
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Interesting...
1 posted on 01/28/2011 5:33:25 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Must resist,must resist will not post pic..;>)


2 posted on 01/28/2011 5:35:32 PM PST by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

omg

no pics please.

do NOT google “mature black hoes” for pics either.


3 posted on 01/28/2011 5:36:29 PM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I have a stationary black hole in my office.

It's the spot on the floor where the back of my desk almost touches the wall.

Oh wait. That's a stationery black hole.

4 posted on 01/28/2011 5:39:26 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: GeronL

I’ll spare you this time... ;-)


5 posted on 01/28/2011 5:40:48 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Can’t touch this
Can’t touch this
Can’t touch this
Yea, Can’t touch this
I told you, can’t touch this
Too hype can’t touch this
Get me outta here, you can’t touch this

credit=MC Hammer


6 posted on 01/28/2011 5:42:37 PM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
The effects have been documented to spill over into DMV offices while waiting to get a driver's license. Time moves MUCH slower there.

/johnny

7 posted on 01/28/2011 5:43:40 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Lol, True!


8 posted on 01/28/2011 5:44:52 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
BS. The amount of time 'til judgement day isn't increased for someone in a blackhole. The final trumpet blast comes regardless of where you are.
9 posted on 01/28/2011 5:46:23 PM PST by Celtic Cross (Prude Dude--Don't offend me or I'll swear at you)
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To: JRandomFreeper
ROFL!!
How True!
10 posted on 01/28/2011 5:47:17 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Celtic Cross

True, but I can’t think of very many people who live in black holes to start with.... ;-)


11 posted on 01/28/2011 5:48:11 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
You can't get much more mature than the ladies running the place. They just leak clock stoppage.

/johnny

12 posted on 01/28/2011 5:48:13 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Heh heh....


13 posted on 01/28/2011 5:49:03 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
For Fully Mature Black Holes, Time Stands Still

Time stands still for no one,even Mrs Obama

14 posted on 01/28/2011 5:49:25 PM PST by llevrok (Soon, kids will ask their moms whats for dinner, "Hey! Let's go out for Anglo tonight !!!")
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To: Celtic Cross
The final trumpet blast comes regardless of where you are.

I agree, but I do have a brother-in-law that will probably show up for the final formation about 5 minutes late.

/johnny

15 posted on 01/28/2011 5:49:57 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Always tardy, eh? I know some people like that too...lol. Real pain...


16 posted on 01/28/2011 5:51:35 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

I take it that the writer has never spent time in Pontiac, MI for that matter?


17 posted on 01/28/2011 5:51:51 PM PST by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Time Stand Still
18 posted on 01/28/2011 5:52:40 PM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is mandatory stupidity.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

You are on fire! I just keep cracking up.


19 posted on 01/28/2011 5:54:24 PM PST by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Well, there is that. :)


20 posted on 01/28/2011 5:57:10 PM PST by Celtic Cross (Prude Dude--Don't offend me or I'll swear at you)
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