Quote (ZvLoD @ Feb 18 2010 09:11am)

No.. we could start now and itd get there in a few light years. The sat going for Pluto still wont reach it until like 2015 i think. We sent it a few years ago.

Quote (HeLiCaL @ Feb 18 2010 07:31am)

how do u know there is a black hole in a few light years away from our solar sistem ?

Quote (LedZeppelin31493 @ Feb 19 2010 12:27am)

What is it?
a tear in the universe

What happens if something goes into one?
gets suck into it and never comes back out or gets transported

How is it formed?
sun explodes and tears a hole in the universe
suposedly the universe is suppose to be aligned up and flat and if there is a hole in the universe everything near by gets sucked and falls into it
ex:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6887/87810564.png

Quote (ZvLoD @ Feb 17 2010 11:05pm)

They're found at the center of almost every galaxy, and the singularity is about as small as an atom w/ infinite mass. The event horizon, or the point of no return is the area where nothing but negative particles escape as Hawking Radiation (Guess who found it) The only way we can see them is due to the matter surrounding them and being ejected, and their effect on close stars. They're formed by large stars that collapse in on themselves, and probably from the aftermath of the big bang.

Quote (BleedTheFreak @ Feb 19 2010 10:04am)

Incorrect. Black holes have a finite mass and aninfinite density.... This error is wayyyy too common and it burns my eyes whenever I see it (no offense of course).

Infinite mass would mean that there would be an infinite gravitational attraction between the black hole and everything else.

Quote (ZvLoD @ Feb 18 2010 03:15am)

Watch "The Universe" on the science channel. You can stream it free from surfthechannel.com

Quote (Fuzzball @ Feb 18 2010 05:38pm)

There is a black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

Quote (JukeBOXX @ Feb 16 2010 03:36pm)

I have been reading several definitions of what a black hole is, how it is formed etc

But the people who wrote the explanations either know nothing and are trying to make it seem like they do, or they have no idea how to speak English using huge words that only physicist would understand and not 99% of the worlds population.

So could anyone explain just these few things to me without using unnecessary 'smart' words.

What is it?

What happens if something goes into one?

How is it formed?

I seen pictures of it in space and it just looks like a hurricane/cyclone cloud system, but some other sciency 3d picture showed it as a pure black bubble..

Quote (xxxxmaniacxxxx @ Feb 20 2010 03:12am)

Just ask a gay dude...