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To: Red Badger

New ‘LAWS’ of science:

We cannot see a ‘black hole’.

We can ‘see’ a ‘black hole’ being kicked out of it’s ‘home’ galaxy by another ‘black hole’ (and it’s really, really ‘bright’).

Energy and matter cannot be created nor destroyed.

Energy and matter simply ‘disappear’ into a black hole.


3 posted on 06/04/2012 11:35:31 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: UCANSEE2
Energy and matter simply ‘disappear’ into a black hole.

Amerrica has its own Black Hole. It's called the Federal Government in Washington DC. Things that go there are never seen again.

6 posted on 06/04/2012 1:18:45 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama's favorite tactic is scapegoating successful Americans.)
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To: UCANSEE2
"New ‘LAWS’ of science:

We cannot see a ‘black hole’."

A black hole, in and of itself, only absorbs radiation. It can be "seen" if it passes in front of a light source like a galaxy or bright nebula.

"We can ‘see’ a ‘black hole’ being kicked out of it’s ‘home’ galaxy by another ‘black hole’ (and it’s really, really ‘bright’)."

This article isn't discussing actually "seeing" the black hole, but instead the radiation emitted from gas excited as it is compressed and heated by gravity near the black hole event horizon. One point made in the article is that black holes in intergalactic space (extremely little gas) would be unobservable except for the point I made first- passing in front of a light source.

"Energy and matter cannot be created nor destroyed."

Correct.

Energy and matter simply ‘disappear’ into a black hole."

Incorrect. The mass of the black hole will increase whenever either energy or mass is absorbed, as determined by E=mc2. There is an interesting issue as to whether or not certain quantum "information" (spin, for instance) is lost when matter enters a black hole. Charge is conserved, as black holes may be charged.

12 posted on 06/04/2012 1:28:23 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Pray for America!!!)
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