Comment THANK YOU! (Score 1) 36
Thats right, black holes dont exist.. at least, not in the way the movie depicted 'em. My high-school physics teacher (4 years ago) explained to me a different theory:
in the universe a lot of solar systems actually have 2 suns. They orbit each other in strict mathematical fashion known as a 'Binary Dance'.. so late one night, a pair of astronomers notices a giant doing the Binary Dance all by itself. In fact, it was doing it at incredible speeds! Like that which a dwarf star might do around a giant.
Obviously there had to be something there, so they kept searching. Eventually they found it: a black hole.. but that only increased their confusion. Why was a giant star orbiting a black hole? Aparently, it has some properties of a star.. and a very large star (at least in gravitational pull) at that.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, someone else finds out that if you happen to look at a black hole with the right filter on.. ITS NOT REALLY BLACK! Apparently, black holes do emit light.. forget what type of radiation most of it is, but it starts with a 'k'? Anyhow, while it does pull much light into itself, it also releases a much greater amount of light in this different form of radiation. One that scientists havent been looking at apparently.
So, final conclusion: Black Holes are really massive stars that emit mostly one kind of radiation, which unless you look for it, doesnt show up.. making the star look black.
Then again, I havent heard much of this theory lately, and people are still using the old definition.. maybe its been disproved.
-PZ