Actually, has anyone every detected a black hole that wasn't gobbling up matter from a nearby source (e.g. a star). A lone black hole travelling in the void. Has anyone found such a beast?
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Yes, one has been discovered. A black hole should distort light as it passes by. When watching our night sky for example, whenever a black hole is directly between us and a star there will be noticable difference or distortion of the stars light.
However this is such a rare occurance that it took 9 years of watching the same patch of sky to notice a distortion in one star. Unfortunatly i cannot remember who this was, however it has indeed been seen.
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Actually, has anyone every detected a black hole that wasn't gobbling up matter from a nearby source (e.g. a star). A lone black hole travelling in the void. Has anyone found such a beast? -- Yes, one has been discovered. A black hole should distort light as it passes by. When watching our night sky for example, whenever a black hole is directly between us and a star there will be noticable difference or distortion of the stars light. However this is such a rare occurance that it took 9 years of watching the same patch of sky to notice a distortion in one star. Unfortunatly i cannot remember who this was, however it has indeed been seen.
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Since when can Killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children be deserving of any credit?