When Black Holes Collide 127
EricTheGreen writes "CNN.com reports on a pair of black holes in a mating dance that can only end badly for both of them. Fortunately they've still got several million years for the emotional rush to wear off and realize what a terrible mistake they're both making..."
Why? (Score:2, Funny)
"President Douchebag: I just got a call from my challenger.
Crowd: Boooo!
President Douchebag: Now now, Mr. Daterape ran a fine campaign."
yup... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh boy (Score:2, Funny)
What...Goatse Guy met Tubgirl? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What...Goatse Guy met Tubgirl? (Score:5, Funny)
Stop! (Score:4, Funny)
Black holes hate it when you anthropomorphise them!
Conglomeration (Score:2, Funny)
- RG>
If I was sufficiently advanced (Score:3, Funny)
But is it really inevitable, I ask myself? What would it take to pry them apart? Welcome to einstein's tractor pull!
Imaging the black holes 1 and 2 falling straight towards each other. (Trying to do this with them spinning makes my head hurt). You take a third supermassive BH, call it 3, and give it a large velocity relative to the other two. Send it thru the system at a slight angle.
As it hurtles by the hole 1, it drags it along -- has to come real close, but not too, noam sayin?
As 1 and 3 zip by 2, 1 gets slowed down some, but still has excape velocity from 2. See? No sweat. Now if DARPA will give me a grant, I'd hire a math major to solve orbiting BH case.
"Can only end badly"? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"Can only end badly"? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sooner than you think (Score:3, Funny)