Peron Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28506976/ Without too much comment really. Apparently the latest woolly thinking & frantic Back-Pedalling says that - and this is a quote from the article - The finding suggests that the molecular gas at the center of the Milky Way from which the stars form is denser than previously thought. The higher density gas makes it easier for the self-gravity of the condensing cloud to overcome the strong pull of the black hole and to collapse to form new stars. What????!?!??!?!:eek::eek::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Why is that so shocking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peron Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Why is that so shocking? Black holes are supposed to have infinite gravity, that means nothing escapes. And yet we see stars forming on the edge of the black hole, remember it takes millions of years for a star to form, wouldn't the black hole just eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Black holes are supposed to have infinite gravity, A common misconception, a black hole is any object with all it's mass withing the schwartzchild radias. They do not have "infinite gravity", the maths does break down at the singularity though. that means nothing escapes. The do radiate though. And yet we see stars forming on the edge of the black hole, Outside of the event horizon, this is an important fact. remember it takes millions of years for a star to form, wouldn't the black hole just eat it? There are stable orbits around the black hole, technically we are within it's gravitational field, and yet not "eaten by it"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peron Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 A common misconception, a black hole is any object with all it's mass withing the schwartzchild radias. They do not have "infinite gravity", the maths does break down at the singularity though. The do radiate though. Outside of the event horizon, this is an important fact. There are stable orbits around the black hole, technically we are within it's gravitational field, and yet not "eaten by it"... Do you have any links to back your statements. Again I say, if the Even Horizon has never been observed, then why has it been accepted by the scientific community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983bhwd.book.....S http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306130 As for evidence: http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=6tn8ofndOLUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA130&dq=black+holes&ots=z-vUKcmPzH&sig=DFE0zGsnTvve8TZoFRU-UDUkygo http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0511217 There are many many many more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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