Black Holes 'Do Not Exist,' Contends Physicist

SpaceAdmiral writes "Nature reports that, according to a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, 'It's a near certainty that black holes don't exist.' George Chapline argues that the collapse of massive stars is more likely to lead to dark energy stars. These dark energy stars behave somewhat like a black hole outside of the surface, but the negative gravity inside could cause matter to 'bounce back out again.'"

Comments

Yeah maybe... buttt...

[sandstorming]

Theres always someone who has a diferent theory.

On the other hand though...
Tell someone there are a million stars in the sky and they'll believe you...
Tell them paint is wet and...

Re:lol

[Anonymous Coward]

I contend that ass holes don't exist!

Oh yeah? Proof by contradiction; you.

Re:I don't Believe it!

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been fooled by Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock all these years. DOH!

You mean they told you that they loved you, but it turned out they were just using you for sex?

Oh it's on now

[jayhawk88]

You know MC Hawking isn't going to stand for this shit.

Re:Oh it's on now

[Anonymous Coward]

You know MC Hawking isn't going to stand for this shit.

Duh... he is in a wheelchair dude.

picture

[elgatozorbas]

These dark energy stars behave somewhat like a blackhole outside of the surface

Apparently they look something like this

The Monday after daylight savings?

[CompWerks]

You've got to be kidding, It's way to early for this.

Re:Good one

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, or to make it more accessible, instead of "torroid" you could say "doughnut-shaped."

What next?

[untaken_name]

You going to tell me that Terra isn't flat? That the humours don't control disease? That there are no dragons off the edge of the map? Puh-leeze.

This is why I make it a point to never listen to scientists. They change their minds too often. You'd think women would dominate science, considering their natural talents in that area.

Re:The actual article

[MouseR]

Four fucking pages?!? The guy claims to comprehensively contradict some of the best known and most studied concepts in astro-physics, and his proof covers FOUR PAGES? And contains almost no equations?

The guy's not even crippled!

Re:The actual article

[at_slashdot]

I like your quantitative approach in establishing the scientific truth.

Re:Coffee fairies?

[popeyethesailor]

That's what they wanted you to think :P

Re:The actual article

[ultranova]

Have you ever seen a black hole?

Yes, one followed me around and often ate my homework when I was in school.

Re:The actual article

[Moofie]

No no no, you're being silly. They LOOK like black holes, they BEHAVE like black holes, they are in all ways indistinguishable from black holes, but they're really cosmic space ducks.

Silly Buttons.

Re:I don't Believe it!

[Anonymous Coward]

What has that got to do with a black h-- oh. Oh god.

Kirk and Spock Used Me

[handy_vandal]

You mean they told you that they loved you, but it turned out they were just using you for sex?

More or less. I guess I should have figured it out for myself ...

-- Kirk kept shouting, "Oh Janice, oh Janice!"

-- Spock only did it every seven years.

-kgj

Re:The actual article

[aiabx]

Ob. Bugs Bunny:
"The earth, she's a round like a orange."
"She's flat like a pancake."
"No, she's round like my head."
*WHAM*
"She's flat like your head."

I wonder that the flat earth people never picked up on the post-hit-with-a-mallet-head shape; it solves the problem of round eclipses, and still gives you a flat edge to fall off of.
-aiabx