#physics phenomena

[rangeor]

[jenniloops]

Astrophysicists Confirm Black Holes Grip Even On Low Density Gases...

A press release about a black hole feeding from a star that is 32 million light years away from The Milky Way… http://www.chandra.harvard.edu/press/11_releases/press_072711.html

According to the release, scientists’ consider this data the first evidence of gases being compressed at an observable and precise distance that has been named “The Bondii Radius”. The astrophysicts are complexed by the idea that based on the amount of mass entering the black hole, it continues to remain dim.  They are now rethinking the mass:energy conversion by all black holes which are currently considered to be at the heart of every galaxy.

If the conversion from mass to energy is not as efficient as predicted…where are the losses? Is there any possibilty that some is converted to sound? My guess is no as there is no ‘reciever’ but if heat/ deformation/other forms of radiation take up the mass, couldn’t they be detected with other scopes? Is there a relationship between distance from black hole edge/black hole diameter and where plasma is created with respect to the Bondii radius? Does the position vary as gravity intensifies/black hole age?

Wildly interesting stuff from The Chandra XRAY Observatory at Harvard Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics…

[jenniloops]

I wonder how astronomers further confirm these observations beyond the orbital method. However it's done, I hope scientists' now locate a ruby, sapphire and emerald planet as the future of space travel will have a whole new fan base.