Thursday, May 10, 2012

Current Events: Omnivorous Black Holes Like This One Are Pretty Much the Sharks of Space

                 This Article is is about a black hole in space that was discovered by Harvard-Smithsonian and the John Hopkins University. This certain black hole was seen eating a star. This happened 2.7 million light years away. This happened on May 3rd 2012 at 12:57 pm. I feel that is is a pretty cool discovery and these kind of discoveries should be made more often. Some facts that I learned are that black holes lie in dormant for long periods of time, before it bounces like a shark. Also, this black hole is in another distant galaxy. Finally, Black Holes are much like sharks.

To learn more, visit the article on popsci.com : http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-05/black-holes-are-pretty-much-sharks-space