Monster Black Hole Busts Theory

Genocaust writes "A stellar black hole much more massive than theory predicts is possible has astronomers puzzled. Stellar black holes form when stars with masses around 20 times that of the sun collapse under the weight of their own gravity at the ends of their lives. Most stellar black holes weigh in at around 10 solar masses when the smoke blows away, and computer models of star evolution have difficulty producing black holes more massive than this. The newly weighed black hole is 16 solar masses. It orbits a companion star in the spiral galaxy Messier 33, located 2.7 million light-years from Earth. Together they make up the system known as M33 X-7."

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A giant black hole?

[Anonymous Coward]

They should name it Goatse.

sturgeon's law redux

[Speare]

Sturgeon's Law (paraphrased): 90% of everything sucks.

Just goes to show, that when you think it can't suck any worse, you find it can suck a LOT worse.

Residents of companion star get bad rap....

[robinsonne]

It orbits a companion star in the spiral galaxy Messier 33

It's not messy, it's got a lived-in, homey feel to it you insensitive clod!!!

Re:In the Dark

[value_added]

It amazes me at how much we DON'T know.

The following may help to explain things (taken from an Slashdot post):

Indeed. In fact there is no light either. The Sun sucks dark. In fact it
sucks dark so hard that the friction of the dark moving to the Sun
causes the Sun to be very hot. The flow of dark towards the Sun
interrupted by the Earth causes the side of the Earth away from the Sun
to accumulate dark, thus causing Night. As the Earth rotates the dark
caught on the night side can then be pulled off, this causing the
absence of dark known as Day.

What we call light bulbs are truly dark suckers as well. That is why
light bulbs are hot, just like the Sun. When a light bulb is full of
dark and won't suck dark any more, it cools off. If you look in old
light bulbs you can even seen the accumulation of dark.

Dark is also heavier than water. This can be seen in the oceans where
the deeper you go the darker it gets.

The internet has ruined my mind.

[game kid]

Never mind things like Goatse. Thanks to the internet, the only word in the title that doesn't yet have dirty connotations to me is "theory".

Heck, some are working to change that too.

Re:hmm

[Kingrames]

your black hole theory sucks.

Re:Supermassive black holes

[chthon]

Wouldn't it be : In Soviet Russia, you eat black holes ?

Re:Supermassive black holes

[Oktober Sunset]

No, if they were making a joke, they would have mentioned the supermassive black hole shown at goatse.cx, which is far bigger than most nerds thought possible.

Re:Supermassive black holes

[Anonymous Coward]

In Soviet Russia, you eat black holes In Russia, black holes are referred to as 'frozen stars', because 'black hole' in Russian is a slang term referring to the anus. Which leads to a rather unintentional interpretation of your post.