Comments on: A New Kind of Black Hole http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/a-new-kind-of-black-hole/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Science and Reason Network http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/a-new-kind-of-black-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Science and Reason Network Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:03:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1391#comment-591 [...] A New Kind of Black Hole (7/2/09) – Smithsonian.com [...] [...] A New Kind of Black Hole (7/2/09) – Smithsonian.com [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/a-new-kind-of-black-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Michelle Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:28:31 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1391#comment-586 In response to Alex, Although supermassive black holes are millions to billions time the mass of the sun, the entire galaxy is much more than that. The black hole is only a fraction and not a large fraction, of the entire mass of the galaxy. You can think of it as the galaxy's anchor almost.Also, with any black holes, there is the event horizon. The point where past that nothing can escape, not even light. But if you are outside of that, you're not going to be sucked into it. so the entire galaxy would never be sucked up by its supermassive black hole. In response to Alex,
Although supermassive black holes are millions to billions time the mass of the sun, the entire galaxy is much more than that. The black hole is only a fraction and not a large fraction, of the entire mass of the galaxy. You can think of it as the galaxy’s anchor almost.Also, with any black holes, there is the event horizon. The point where past that nothing can escape, not even light. But if you are outside of that, you’re not going to be sucked into it. so the entire galaxy would never be sucked up by its supermassive black hole.

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]]> By: jamesyb0i http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/a-new-kind-of-black-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-582 jamesyb0i Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:02:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1391#comment-582 MUSE found it first MUSE found it first

]]> By: Alex http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/a-new-kind-of-black-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Alex Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:01:44 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1391#comment-581 That's actually pretty interesting. I still find it hard to comprehend though, that our entire galaxy is rotating around a black hole. I would assume that the gravity from the black hole would easily suck up the galaxy. I'm not sure why it doesn't. There must be a perfect degree of gravity for that not to happen. That’s actually pretty interesting. I still find it hard to comprehend though, that our entire galaxy is rotating around a black hole. I would assume that the gravity from the black hole would easily suck up the galaxy. I’m not sure why it doesn’t. There must be a perfect degree of gravity for that not to happen.

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