For Fully Mature Black Holes, Time Stands Still

Yahoo News ^ | 1-27-11 | Clara Moskowitz

[corkoman]

Cheney ....... Dick Cheney

[who_would_fardels_bear]

What a trip! Thanks for the link.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks KoRn and The Comedian for the pings!

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[The Comedian]

I thought that time past a black hole’s event horizon only appears to an outside observer to stand still.

Actually, anything past the event horizon is unobservable, so it is pure conjecture. That's what a singularity is. It's a prediction boundary that can't be breached using existing models.

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[The Comedian]

Can you believe it's Saturday morning and the pic is still here?

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[Condor51]

Clara Moskowitz
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.

I luv it when ditiz female reporterettes write about something they are completely ignorant of. First it was Firearms, now it's Physics. I swear, it's gotta be a Union Rule.

And what male bastion is next for them?
The benefit of being able to pee while standing up?
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[Condor51]

naughty, naughty.

[the mods must be sleeping or have the weekend off ;-)]

[bert]

[grey_whiskers]

Courtesy *PING* to post #48 this thread.

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

I just noticed you changed the quote under your picture.

Quite funny!

[COBOL2Java]

Kerr spacetime is time-independent, meaning that nothing in Kerr spacetime changes over time. In effect, time stands still.

Yep, time certainly stands still with Kerr spacetime for me!

[The Comedian]

Yeah, one of my New Year's resolutions was to offend and frighten people in new and different ways, so I'm Hoping to make some Changes.

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Argh! It’s the cursed black spot, matey!

[TheOldLady]

You’re right. Light’s not escaping either. At least I’m only as ignorant as everybody else about what can be “seen,” LOL! This is one of the many questions I’m going to ask God when (if) I get to Him.

[TheOldLady]

What’s wrong with a picture of a democrat Dick Gephardt supporter?

[The Comedian]

What’s wrong with a picture of a democrat Dick Gephardt supporter?

That was *way* too clever.

Maybe she's a Cheney fan?

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[TheOldLady]

Cheney fan? Not as likely, but of course I’m not about to start an argument with you, tough-and-brilliant guy. ;-p

[The Comedian]

...I’m not about to start an argument with you, tough-and-brilliant guy. ;-p

I sure am glad you have be confused with someone else, and there is no way I'm going to correct you :-)

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[TheOldLady]

I’m an old woman. I get confused about things, but I got your number.

[samtheman]

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....

Astronomers think most galaxies, including our own Milky Way, host supermassive black holes in their centers. Some researchers suspect that these are actually Kerr black holes.

So all these black holes are "stationary" and they're all at the center of galaxies that are expanding out away from each other.

Which means that astronomers, like "climate scientists", are capable of AliceInWonderland logic.