ESA finds a black-hole flywheel in the Milky Way

European Space Agency ^ | April 26, 2002 | European Space Agency

[tictoc]

XMM-Newton showed that energy can escape from a black hole

Seems to me, the energy comes from the gas whirling about the black hole, not from within it.

[callisto]

ping

[LibWhacker]

I think it's because the black hole gives up some of its energy in making the gas whirl.

[isthisnickcool]

How odd. For some reason this post made me think of Jesse Jackson.

[callisto]

This is a fast answer, but I believe a black hole originates with an internal energy (produced by its collapse) that eventually is surpassed by the energy being emitted from matter within the accretion disk falling into the black hole. If this still applies to those black holes without accretion disks, I'm unsure, I'll have to research it a bit for a better answer.

[sheik yerbouty]

Actually, my thoughts went to Mad Maxine.

[CaptRon]

The European Space Agency has named it "France".

[callisto]

LOL!

[tet68]

But if you were in Australia and were being sucked down a black howl would it turn clock wise or counter clockwise?

[longshadow]

whirling Dervish Black Hole placemarker

[Physicist]

But if you were in Australia and were being sucked down a black howl

That's "bleck hull", mate.

[PatrickHenry]

Placemarker.

[RightWhale]

Interesting graphics. Disney tried to render in their movie what a black hole might look like, but without success. And then what happens inside is a mystery.

[Scully]

Thank you for the ping!

[Scully]

Ping to those on RadioAstronomer's list!

[farmfriend]

Thanks for the ping and a bump for your trouble.

[gcruse]

When this page was loading, my system began downloading
a 4937K file all on its own.  That's a forty minute download
according to my status bar.   I don't know the source of the
download, but assume it has to do with the page.  Anyone
else get that?

[blam]

Whirl, zip, zoom, bump.

[Brett66]

BTTT.