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Do Solo Black Holes Roam the Universe?

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:YES! And I can prove it... by Tanktalus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot isn't some game where you try to score the most karma points.

    What? Shit, why have I been wasting all this time here if I can't win?

  2. Re:YES! And I can prove it... by gmhowell · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well look at his user number...they should have stopped at 100,000 and allowed invites only...

    FTFY.

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  3. Re:YES! And I can prove it... by yurtinus · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh shut up, we all know you've got a three digit UID account. You just made a new one so you could brag about how big your number is.

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    +1 Disagree
  4. Re:We just keep finding more dark matter, no myste by WCguru42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You obviously don't understand that 10^30 is nowhere near 1/2 of 10^52. It's practically nonexistent on that scale.

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  5. Re:YES! And I can prove it... by Lotana · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was actually shortly after I joined that I started noticing the downward spiral in comments.

    So it was YOU?!