Black hole found in Milky Way (BBC)

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By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News

There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a study has confirmed.

German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using the European Southern Observatory in Chile.

The black hole is four million times heavier than our Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal.

Black holes are objects whose gravity is so great that nothing - including light - can escape them.

According to Dr Robert Massy, of the Royal Astronomical Society, the results suggest that galaxies form around giant black holes in the way that a pearl forms around grit.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7774287.stm

Yes, Massy is his real name. :)

[Deja Q]

1. "Once you go black, you won't go back" takes on a new meaning...

:yoiks:

[Kermitt Gribble]

2. I was expecting an Onion article

stating the black hole is wall street...

[Odin2005]

3. That's a black hole, just not a SUPER-MASSIVE black hole!

:rofl:

[SlicerDicer-]

4. Dont confuse yourself... Super Massive Black Holes are just caused by

more and more crap being consumed by said black hole. If you take the crap sucking into the blackhole in Wall St. You will wind up with a SUPER MASSIVE!!! Its just that instead of light not being able to excape.. Money wont be able to escape the event horizon

BWA HA HA HA :rofl: