black holes eat suns

Thomas Bitterman22 Dec 2008, 17:54

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.600-burrowing-black-holes-devoured-first-stars-from-within.html Note the time scale - somewhat less than a million years for the example. It shouldn't be too hard (!) to change the black hole mix to get whatever length of time was required. Enamel

Son of Witz22 Dec 2008, 18:50

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On Dec 22, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Thomas Bitterman wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.600-burrowing-black-holes-devoured-first-stars-from-within.html Note the time scale - somewhat less than a million years for the example. It shouldn't be too hard (!) to change the black hole mix to get whatever length of time was required. Enamel

Cool find. I love this: "It is easier to grow truly huge black holes quickly if you start with a larger seed." I find I get the best, strongest black holes when I use large seeds, fertile loam, and miraclegrow. I used to have a nice little hydroponic black hole garden, but I got a bit paranoid having all that going on in my basement. I did have my Medicinal Black Hole card, but it still seemed a bit dangerous. ~witz

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