ed84c Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Here it is The Great Internet Black Hole Survey; or a continuation of; which im sure will provide interest to many; (as taken from the book 'Black Holes a travellers guide') Please fill in your views 1.[Public or otherwise] Misconseptions [about black holes] 2.Public Fasination 3.Useful Function 4.Unsolved Problem [You would like to see found out] Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 1.[Public or otherwise] Misconseptions [about black holes]; That black holes are huge vacuum cleaners that suck everything in to themselves; more specifically; a misconseption that if our sun (theoretically) was to collapse into a black hole it would suck the solar system into it. 2.Public Fasination. A Morbid curiosity we have about our demise. 3.Useful Function. Tiny black holes can emit huge amounts of [Hawking] Radiation (or so says the theory). Can we harness this power? 4.Unsolved Problem [You would like to see found out]. The theory of interstella travel via a rotating black hole; and furthermore an invention of 'exotic' matter to keep the wormhole open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 if you have several black holes arranged in a circle, could they not stretch space to its tearing point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Tycho?] Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 misconception: Black holes have infinite mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 How can black holes have infinite mass? Could black holes fuse together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 *Black holes do fuse together in a round about way. When they merge its sometimes refered to as black hole 'cannibalism'. These events are thought to emit huge amounts of the as yet undected gravoty waves. Yourdadonapogos I answered that one already and it is a resounding no. 1. Misconception: Black holes are black!! 2. Public facination: Nothing can escape, sort of like marridge. 3. Useful function: The ultimate in gravity slingshots. They're useful for making galaxies too. 4.Unsolved Problem: Resolving the paradox that arises when taking about singularities when it is clear all Black holes have varying mass. Hawking radiation and whether black holes evaporate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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