Sunday 2 November 2008

Ten Things You Don't Know About Black Holes

Simply said, a black hole is a cosmic body with gravity so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape. General relativity predicts that if a star of more than about 3 solar masses has completely burned its nuclear fuel, it should collapse to a configuration known as a black hole.

Here are ten facts about black holes.

1 comment(s):

mad30 said...

It makes very little sense to me that something which is imploding on all sides at every angle, arguably with equal gravity, momentum, and inertia, would form a one sided "object" in space. IMO, Black Holes shouldn't be seen as sink drains, but instead a force which pulls inward equally from all points of its compass. There is no "up" or "down", "front" side or "back" side, but only equal compression to a singular point of density. Our understanding of these masses, and the intricacies surrounding their circumstances, is still in its infancy.