No matter how hard you try to push their boundaries, black holes always seem to preserve their modesty. Indiscreet astrophysicists have simulated the most violent collisions of black holes yet, and found that the resulting black hole still has an event horizon — the surface through which even light cannot escape and that hide black holes’ interiors.
Full article: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37200/title/No_naked_black_holes
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Hubble Finds Unidentified Object in Space, Scientists Puzzled
This is exactly why we send astronauts to risk their life to service Hubble: in a paper published last week in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists detail the discovery of a new unidentified object in the middle of nowhere. I don't know about you, but when a research paper conclusion says "We suggest that the transient may be one of a new class" I get a chill of oooh-aaahness down my spine. Especially when after a hundred days of observation, it disappeared from the sky with no explanation. Get your tinfoil hats out, because it gets even weirder.Full Article:
http://gizmodo.com/5049896/hubble-finds-unidentified-object-in-space-scientists-puzzled
For those more technically minded than me, here is the report:
Oops! I lost it! post it later though!
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