Energy being extracted from a black hole - witnessed
Scientists for the first time have seen energy being
extracted from a black hole. Like an electric dynamo, this
black hole spins and pumps energy out through cable-like
magnetic field lines into the chaotic gas whipping around it,
making the gas -- already infernally hot from the sheer force
of crushing gravity -- even hotter.
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2001/01-200.txt
Pretty cool.
see ya, VINCE