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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 09:37 AM
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This really sucks


Blackholes are the pits man.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 09:38 AM
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1. That is sooooo cool looking
:)
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 09:46 AM
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2. Wow! Purdy!
Where is this?
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 09:48 AM
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3. Artist's conception I am sure
The Hubble space telescope is good, but not that good! :-)
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 09:52 AM
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4. Yep
Unfortunately we do not have clear shots of BHs yet. Getting a shot of them is difficult. We can get the effects such as here:



And we can see the large scale effects as seen here:



But being blackholes, they are a bit reclusive for photos.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 10:46 AM
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5. Nah. *This* sucks


Black Holes only pull with their gravity, though it does seem like they suck. :P
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 10:48 AM
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6. Black holes not as tough as thought!
Notorious for gorging on matter, the supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies may blow out as much material as they swallow.

More at: http://www.sciencenews.org/20030405/fob7.asp
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