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The Milky Way May Hold Hundreds of Rogue Black Holes

01/24/2008 03:50AM

The Milky Way May Hold Hundreds of Rogue Black Holes

If the latest Vanderbilt University simulations of what happens when black holes merge are correct, there could be hundreds of rogue black holes roaming randomly around the Milky Way galaxy at high speeds. If the black holes are not swallowing a lot of gas to light them up, they may be nearly impossible to detect.


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  • mclemens [Mike Clemens]
  • 01/24/2008 07:14AM
I'm going to find "BH 001-CLEMENS", I believe a jet black completely opaque filter will allow me to find these objects. If you do not have a black filter in your kit, you can also try using two eyepatches.
Mike:<br><br>Good one. With your technique, no matter where you look, it will be there. Kind of like "Where's Waldo."<br><br>However, the real fear is not you finding it, but it finding you. We may never see one of these coming, even though the probabilities are very very low.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Guy Pirro<br><br><br><blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="italic"><i>Mike Clemens said:</i><br><br>I'm going to find "BH 001-CLEMENS", I believe a jet black completely opaque filter will allow me to find these objects. If you do not have a black filter in your kit, you can also try using two eyepatches.</div></blockquote>


Has anyone figured out how to reformat this so that it will print without chopping the most rightward text? :S