Sunday, October 5, 2008

No naked black holes

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

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