Friday, October 10, 2008

Black Holes Not So Dark After all?

Black Holes. These massive, terrifying giant of a vacuum that sucks EVERYTHING in proximity into itself, are a simple legend to most people. But they are real, and they are amazing! Blackholes are basically an big chunk of matter that has SO much matter stuffed into one point, and is SO dense, that they have a massively strong gravity. Anyone that gets even near it will get sucked in and squished to a pulp. Even light cannot escape its gravity! Therefore, nobody has even seen a blackhole. But recent studies show, that when a blackhole sucks in gas, the gas is heated up to 1000times hotter than our sun, causing the entire blackhole to glow and to emit powerful x-rays! This means that scientists, with the right equipment can now see blackholes! For more information check out this site: http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0910-black_holes_light_up.htm . Amazing!

-Will