Are Black Holes "Dark Matter"? Did not the Accelerating Universe raise some questions about how much dark matter there may be?
This discovery or theory only explains how Black Holes grow in mass rapidly. Thanks for posting that, Ann. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but
will during my upcoming 4-day weekend. :-)
So, does this possibly contribute to the "MACHO" population, or is the theoretical number of rogue planets accompanied by their parent cast-off stars too low to be statistically meaningful to the whole "dark matter" question?
C.
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> wrote:
New research by University of Utah astrophysicist Ben Bromley and his colleagues say there is strong evidence that super-massive black holes grow huge by repeatedly capturing one star from pairs of binary stars, while hurling the other binary partner into space at a hypervelocity of more than 1 million mph. This should be of particular interest to Siegfried!
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