Do Solo Black Holes Roam the Universe?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 5, 2012 @09:34AM from the cosmic-nomads-with-eating-disorders dept.

sciencehabit writes "Two mysterious bright spots in a disheveled, distant galaxy suggest that astronomers have found the best evidence yet for a supermassive black hole being shoved out of its home. If confirmed, the finding would verify Einstein's theory of general relativity in a region of intense gravity not previously tested. The results would also suggest that some giant black holes roam the universe as invisible free floaters, flung from the galaxies in which they coalesced. Although loner black holes may be an entity that has to be reckoned with, they would still be rare."

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Re:YES! And I can prove it... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-05 09:38 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Slashdot used to foster some really insightful discussions. It still does at times, but the fucktard comments far, far outweigh the insightful ones these days. You do know that you get no karma for +1 Funny, right? Not that your comment was terribly funny. It wasn't bad, but I would love to see more first posts that actually spoke to the topic instead of just small penis geeks getting their tiny rocks off.