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[hollohas]

No gas, no light, no molecules or matter of any kind but it must be "something" or else how could it contain our universe? I see your point. Mind boggling indeed.

My brain can't handle these types of abstract questions. I had a Physics professor that once started to talk about black holes, worm holes, etc. Fascinating but really my brain wanted to shutdown due to overload...cannot compute...(you have to read that last part in your robot voice)

[jscwerve]

My brain can't handle these types of abstract questions. I had a Physics professor that once started to talk about black holes, worm holes, etc. Fascinating but really my brain wanted to shutdown due to overload...cannot compute...(you have to read that last part in your robot voice)

I think the fundamental problem with people not being to understand, if even only in concept, of a black hole is in the naming of it. The science community really screwed the pooch by naming it that, should have been just a "singularity" or some other name. I think more people would be able to wrap their heads around the idea if it was simply named something else.

A black "hole" is not a hole at all. It is a very large (millions to billions of solar masses) object. The mass is so large that it has enough gravity for light not to escape. and the mass is extremely compressed. For example, if the mass if the earth were to become the same density as a black hole, it would be about the size of a marble. Same mass, different density.


Enough of my geek speak!!! Its Obama's fault!!!!!! and Bushes fault!!!! Die commie/liberal/conservative/republican/democrat/whatever!!!!!!!!!

[hollohas]

I think the fundamental problem with people not being to understand, if even only in concept, of a black hole is in the naming of it. The science community really screwed the pooch by naming it that, should have been just a "singularity" or some other name. I think more people would be able to wrap their heads around the idea if it was simply named something else.

A black "hole" is not a hole at all. It is a very large (millions to billions of solar masses) object. The mass is so large that it has enough gravity for light not to escape. and the mass is extremely compressed. For example, if the mass if the earth were to become the same density as a black hole, it would be about the size of a marble. Same mass, different density.

Yup, agreed. They called it a hole because that's what it looks like...A hole in the universe. But that type of mass and density is outside our comprehension. How the F is something so massive that even light can't escape it's gravity? And why the F does a star that runs out of fuel turn into that? Why? Why! cannot compute (robot voice again)

[zteknik]

Anchovies!

[SuperiorDG]

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[blackford76]

Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot them?

[Mtn.man]

Sign at a topless bar

NO SHIRT
No Shoes
No Service

WTF?

[SuperiorDG]

Braille in the drive through ATM?

[funkfool]

Braille in the drive through ATM?

WTF

[TFOGGER]

No gas, no light, no molecules or matter of any kind but it must be "something" or else how could it contain our universe? I see your point. Mind boggling indeed.

My brain can't handle these types of abstract questions. I had a Physics professor that once started to talk about black holes, worm holes, etc. Fascinating but really my brain wanted to shutdown due to overload...cannot compute...(you have to read that last part in your robot voice)