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Frozen Stars - Black holes may not be bottomless pits after all
Scientific American ^ | July 7, 2003 | George Musser

Posted on 07/10/2003 6:09:58 AM PDT by Damocles

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To: Gary Boldwater
"Maybe spacetime is literally a kind of fluid"

Could be turtle urine.
21 posted on 07/10/2003 10:36:17 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: aruanan
As I recall, black holes were also considered bizarre and beyond liklihood when they were first proposed.

Black holes were first proposed long, long before Einstein and Hawkings were even born.

I know that. But my point stands... when first proposed, the theory of black holes was scoffed at.

22 posted on 07/10/2003 10:54:59 AM PDT by theDentist (Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
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To: Physicist; RadioAstronomer; ThinkPlease; PatrickHenry
"uh-oh; black-holes are now passe" ping
23 posted on 07/10/2003 11:03:17 AM PDT by longshadow
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To: Britton J Wingfield
bump for later
24 posted on 07/10/2003 12:56:38 PM PDT by Britton J Wingfield (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Damocles
black hole bump
25 posted on 07/10/2003 1:43:15 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: longshadow
Just when I thought I understood the little devils, they wriggle away from me.
26 posted on 07/10/2003 2:21:00 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: longshadow
I will read this tomorrow when I am not dog tired! LOL
27 posted on 07/10/2003 9:41:55 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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