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 Tanktalus · 2012-06-05 10:13 · 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?
Re:We just keep finding more dark matter, no myste by WCguru42 · 2012-06-05 13:29 · 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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Re:YES! And I can prove it... by Lotana · 2012-06-05 17:06 · Score: 4, Funny

It was actually shortly after I joined that I started noticing the downward spiral in comments.
So it was YOU?!