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Laser Light Re-creates 'Black Holes' in the Lab
yodasz writes "The New Scientist reports that a team of researchers from the UK were able to recreate a black hole's event horizon in the lab by firing a laser pulse down an optical fibre. The team's observations confirm predictions made by cosmologists and now they are trying to prove Hawking's hypothesis of escaping particles, dubbed Hawking radiation. 'The first pulse distorts the optical properties of the fibre simply by traveling through it. This distortion forces the speedy probe wave to slow down dramatically when it catches up with the slower pulse and tries to move through it. In fact, the probe wave becomes trapped and can never overtake the pulse's leading edge, which effectively becomes a black hole event horizon, beyond which light cannot escape.'"
I don't buy it! Pics or GTFO!
they only discovered it now?
I did read the article, I was responding to the parent's idea about creating a black hole. Realize it was all tongue in cheek.
I got a catholic block.
This is not /b/. /b/.
Do not try to make this
Chuck Norris is an over-the-hill martial artist, pathetic excuse for an actor, and is openly anti-science.