Black holes: A way out?
Thursday, July 15, 2004 Posted: 9:41 AM EDT (1341 GMT)
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Black holes, those fearsome galactic traps from which not even light can escape, may not be quite so terminally destructive after all, according to cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
The author of "A Brief History of Time" now believes some "information" sucked into black holes escapes over time, contradicting some of his most famous work on the phenomenon.
Hawking will present his latest findings at a scientific conference in Ireland next week, New Scientist magazine said, after asking at the last minute to speak.
Black holes are formed when massive stars collapse from their own gravity, the pull of which was thought so strong that nothing can escape.
The idea has been fascinating astronomers since the late 18th century, suggesting images of unimaginably strong cosmic whirlpools sucking up space matter and consigning it to oblivion.
To read further go to: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/15/hawking.holes.reut/index.html
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Thursday, July 15, 2004 Posted: 9:41 AM EDT (1341 GMT)
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Black holes, those fearsome galactic traps from which not even light can escape, may not be quite so terminally destructive after all, according to cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
The author of "A Brief History of Time" now believes some "information" sucked into black holes escapes over time, contradicting some of his most famous work on the phenomenon.
Hawking will present his latest findings at a scientific conference in Ireland next week, New Scientist magazine said, after asking at the last minute to speak.
Black holes are formed when massive stars collapse from their own gravity, the pull of which was thought so strong that nothing can escape.
The idea has been fascinating astronomers since the late 18th century, suggesting images of unimaginably strong cosmic whirlpools sucking up space matter and consigning it to oblivion.
To read further go to: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/15/hawking.holes.reut/index.html
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well.. i wanna go into black hole.. never know an alien lives there :P.. and i'm wondering what's inside... and probally i'll be famous if i ever get out of black hole and explain the wonders of space 