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.

[SMARTY]

Of course they are... THAT’S where the missing e mails are!! :)

[Dr. Ursus]

Sheldon sad!

[Alex Murphy]

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.

Well, that just sucks. Or maybe it doesn't?

[Lee'sGhost]

Dude. Have you not looked at who’s in the White House lately?!

[Gay State Conservative]

Stephen Hawking says that there are.But then he says that there’s absolutely no God.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“THAT’S where the missing e mails are!!”

And a lot of my socks!

[Yosemitest]

I agree.
We've got one in the White House. Hehehehehehehe

[lurk]

Beg to disagree. Ever gotten stuck in a conversation who won’t stop talking about himself for hours?

[Gay State Conservative]

Have you not looked at who’s in the White House lately?!

To be fair that must be classified as a "Half White Hole".

[cuban leaf]

What of the consensus?!

[Olog-hai]

John Wiley Price can rest easy now.

[fatnotlazy]

No, but listening to an Obama speech comes close.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is so disrespectful of Stephen Hawking.

He knows everything, AND he's in a wheel chair.

The science is settled, sister!

[MrB]

It’s pronounced “a zay lee uhs”...

[Sgt_Schultze]

Nope. Settled science being the cheerleader slogan, stop arguing.

[Terry L Smith]

How, if there are no black holes, can that ‘nonexistant thing’, located in the constellation Cygnus, and has been known for over 35 years, exist?

[Slyfox]

WHAT??

[Dallas59]

The NAACP agrees!

[WayneS]

So the movie of that name was a work of fiction?

I am both shocked and saddened...