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Related: About this forumNASA finds ‘bonanza’ of millions of new black holes
NASA said Wednesday theyd discovered a bonanza of new black holes, possibly up to 2.5 million of them, using the new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope.
WISE has exposed a menagerie of hidden objects, Hashima Hasan, WISE program scientist, said in a media advisory. Weve found an asteroid dancing ahead of Earth in its orbit, the coldest star-like orbs known and now, supermassive black holes and galaxies hiding behind cloaks of dust.
The telescope twice scanned the night sky in infrared light, and astronomers have been pouring through its data ever since.
They said about two-thirds of the objects revealed by the WISE telescope had never been seen before due to space dust making the light impossible to detect.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/30/nasa-finds-bonanza-of-millions-of-new-black-holes/
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)Why would you think this isn't good?
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)It's the fact that anyone would find it "a good thing" that there are millions more blackholes than we realized, because, blackholes are like the universe's swishy, swirly toilet water, taking everything down with it.
drm604
(16,230 posts)Those black holes are no threat to us, and we already know that the universe is a dangerous place.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)actually provides the best conduit of travel. We just haven't figured out what components are safe enough to exploit it.
drm604
(16,230 posts)Odds are that we're limited by light speed and will never get near those black holes. If we do find a way around that, there's no way to know currently whether those black holes would be a hindrance or a help.
In the vastness of space, most places aren't anywhere near enough to those holes for them to be a threat.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)Certainly it's preferable to a lack of knowledge, but I don't see how it's not also good.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)When we say something is good, we are really saying we like it. It is more of a statement about the speaker, as opposed to the subject.
CrispyQ
(36,527 posts)K&R
Silent3
(15,280 posts)I'm going to start saving up now to buy a really big one myself.
lastlib
(23,308 posts)Do they have 'em in that size? I think that'd be about XXXXXX....XXL, extra dark with extra gravity.