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jimmy p
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Black holes in a black hole??
Hello, i have read in the NEW SCIENTIST magazine the other day about black holes. For anyone that hasnt read it, what it said was
"In the depths of space, a star is born. Within a cold, dark cloud drifting aimlessly along the space lanes, a shrinking clump of gas lights up to become a fully fledged star. Like billions of stars before it, it was born in a rarefied and chilly part of the universe. Ir can look forward to a long life and a dignified death.
But for some stars, life will not begin or end so peacefully. Over the past three years, astronomers have realized some unfortunate stars are born on the edge of a maelstrom of blisteringly hot gas swirling into a black hole. As these stars race through their lives they explode, leaving behind smaller black holes. These spiral inexorably down to their death in the bigger black hole. From the instant they are conceived, they are destined to be swallowed hole - baby black holes eaten by their own mother."
Now what i wanted to know is how that would happen? and what would happen to the 'baby' black hole? lol...yucky thoughts..
Thanx
Hello, i have read in the NEW SCIENTIST magazine the other day about black holes. For anyone that hasnt read it, what it said was
"In the depths of space, a star is born. Within a cold, dark cloud drifting aimlessly along the space lanes, a shrinking clump of gas lights up to become a fully fledged star. Like billions of stars before it, it was born in a rarefied and chilly part of the universe. Ir can look forward to a long life and a dignified death.
But for some stars, life will not begin or end so peacefully. Over the past three years, astronomers have realized some unfortunate stars are born on the edge of a maelstrom of blisteringly hot gas swirling into a black hole. As these stars race through their lives they explode, leaving behind smaller black holes. These spiral inexorably down to their death in the bigger black hole. From the instant they are conceived, they are destined to be swallowed hole - baby black holes eaten by their own mother."
Now what i wanted to know is how that would happen? and what would happen to the 'baby' black hole? lol...yucky thoughts..
Thanx