http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole
"Growth
"Once a black hole has formed, it can continue to grow by absorbing additional matter. Any black hole will continually absorb gas and interstellar dust from its direct surroundings and omnipresent cosmic background radiation. This is the primary process through which supermassive black holes seem to have grown.[74] A similar process has been suggested for the formation of intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters.[82]
"Another possibility is for a black hole to merge with other objects such as stars or even other black holes. This is thought to have been important especially for the early development of supermassive black holes, which could have formed from the coagulation of many smaller objects.[74] The process has also been proposed as the origin of some intermediate-mass black holes.[83][84]"
Space/Science » in reply to Why black holes don't suck.
Well done, 4.0, except they do seem to suck, a lot, and blow, a little.
The whole thread (38 posts)
- Why black holes don't suck.
- A 10 y/o plays football against the 49ers.
- Your argument is valid, except for the fact that
- Use or misuse of a word tells us nothing about what the word allegedly describes.
- The galaxy is expanding? I don't think so.
- My reasoning is that
- Objects that close are both red-shifted and blue-shifted...
- But stars and galaxies of stars were formed by gravity? Tthey formed by contraction. I
- Why not use your reasoning, instead,
- My reasoning is that
- Well done, 4.0, except they do seem to suck, a lot, and blow, a little.
- Excellent, thanks n/t