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More Blackholes Discovered...

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the including-one-in-your-head dept.

Lispy writes "Space.com has this story about the surprising finding of missing blackholes. There might be up to five times more blackholes in space than previously estimated. "The European Southern Observatory in Munich, Germany reports that the black holes were all in "active" galaxies, meaning they were actively consuming large quantities of galactic matter.""

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  1. there they are!! by SKPhoton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Black holes play hide and seek? I never saw that one coming.

    1. Re:there they are!! by Fjornir · · Score: 2, Funny

      Man, we're in a world of shit if someone shouts out "Olly-Olly outs in free!"

      --
      I want a new world. I think this one is broken.
  2. Kinesis 1.1-3 by nomannerofmanatall · · Score: 4, Funny

    "At the beginning there was
    nothing but a big ball of
    gases.
    For a long time it just sat there
    in the nothingness, getting hotter
    and hotter.
    Then it exploded."

    --

    Any thought you've ever had has already be

    1. Re:Kinesis 1.1-3 by Roland+Piquepaille · · Score: 4, Funny

      "At the beginning there was
      nothing but a big ball of
      gases.
      For a long time it just sat there
      in the nothingness, getting hotter
      and hotter.
      Then it exploded."

      Are you saying the Creator of the Universe ate refried Mexican beans?

  3. Re:What if by minator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why? They suck!

  4. Re:Where does one buy one for a pet? by stealth.c · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think once you brought it home, problems like that would solve themselves.

  5. Thank goodness by Rademir · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was just looking for my black hole this morning. Thanks for the heads up - i called the researchers and they're sending it back to me Fed Ex.

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    ourpla.net is your planet
  6. either its... by 3seas · · Score: 4, Funny

    father physics and mother natures way of recycling or ....

    there is only so much space so every now and then things need to be archived compressed....or..

    astronomy is like the computer industry... where the user/observer can never get there from here... there is always something missing....or...

    we still don't know what gravity really is.... or... maybe MS has the answer... make people need you... again and again and again.....

    And on that note.... I have a few black holes up for sale.... they contain everything you need and want... and as soon as we figure out gravity then we can unpack them...

  7. God does not play dice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    but he does do Enron style accounting. Where does all that matter go?

  8. Well the thing about black holes is by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...they're black. And the thing about the monitor screen, is that it's black.

    time passes

    Well, the thing about grit is, it's black...

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  9. I'm not surprised by rixstep · · Score: 3, Funny

    Black holes are known to multiply - especially in spring, which is probably why we're seeing them now.

  10. Spelling by Decaff · · Score: 4, Funny

    Depends on the language:

    Basic: blackhole%
    Fortran: BLACKHOL
    Pascal: BlackHole
    C: black_hole
    Java: blackHole
    Hungarian Notation: lpzBlackHole (a long pointer which terminates in null)