Milky Way Black Holes Found By Astronomers

bogwalrus

Interesting!

http://news.sky.com/story/993180/milky-way-black-holes-found-by-astronomers


Astronomers have found two black holes, each up to 20 times heavier than the Sun, hidden deep inside our own galaxy.

The unexpected discovery was made by a team exploring a 12 billion-year-old cluster of stars in the Milky Way called M22.

youtube!

bogwalrus wrote: »

Interesting!

http://news.sky.com/story/993180/milky-way-black-holes-found-by-astronomers


Astronomers have found two black holes, each up to 20 times heavier than the Sun, hidden deep inside our own galaxy.

The unexpected discovery was made by a team exploring a 12 billion-year-old cluster of stars in the Milky Way called M22.

just dont mention this to the 21/12/12 crowd.

Aiel

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just dont mention this to the 21/12/12 crowd.

Yes i was thinking exactly the same thing.I had read last week about the latest theory of whats going to happen in December is that we all get swallowed up by a big black hole.

bogwalrus

And to make matters worse:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/scientists-create-black-holes-151942948.html

British scientists are to mimic black holes in the laboratory as part of a £2.35 million project looking at how matter and energy interact.