http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/astronomers-find-more-than-1500000-new-black-holes/ Keeping You Current Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/astronomers-find-more-than-1500000-new-black-holes/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Lisa Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:05:58 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3408#comment-585 Second question: are black holes considered matter, dark matter, or dark energy? Second question: are black holes considered matter, dark matter, or dark energy?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/astronomers-find-more-than-1500000-new-black-holes/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Colin Schultz Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:08:07 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3408#comment-583 I'm certainly no expert on this subject, but I would suspect that comes down to whether this observation conflicts with theoretical predictions on the number of black holes in the universe. My hunch is that theoreticians always suspected there were more black holes than we could see, but knowing how well they align would be interesting for sure. I’m certainly no expert on this subject, but I would suspect that comes down to whether this observation conflicts with theoretical predictions on the number of black holes in the universe. My hunch is that theoreticians always suspected there were more black holes than we could see, but knowing how well they align would be interesting for sure.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/astronomers-find-more-than-1500000-new-black-holes/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Lisa Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:03:03 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3408#comment-582 So does this discovery alter the matter, dark matter, dark energy configuration (est 5%, 25%, 70% respectively)? So does this discovery alter the matter, dark matter, dark energy configuration (est 5%, 25%, 70% respectively)?

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