Sci/Tech International study suggests a massive black hole exists in the Sword of Orion

Nyph

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So we define the size of all other objects by where their outermost mass is. But if the object is a black hole, we instead arbitrarily use some new definition of size based on some gravitational property. That does not seem logical to me.
Also, I'll say it once again, massive means heavy, not big.
 

Varine

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There is more to a black hole than singularity. If you're talking about a black hole you're talking about the whole of it - singularity, the event horizon, and the ergosphere. If you want to talk about singularity you say singularity. We are not talking about singularity. We are talking about black holes.
 

Nyph

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So, do you think black holes are massive? What about the smaller ones? Are elephants big?
 

Fatmankev

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What's the argument at this point in the game? It's all loops n' swoops n' shit. And to Nyph, you can't try to claim that massive doesn't mean 'big' as well. Most words have several definitions, and massive is no exception. And no matter how big or small or heavy or light any given black hole is, you could call it massive or diminutive depending on what you're scaling it to. That's the problem with only being able to base things off of past experiences - everything is relative.

(And I realize that 'heavy' and 'light' generally describe weight, I just don't have a better way to describe mass in that sense)
 

Nyph

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Well, to me all black holes are massive. And thats the end of it as far as I'm concerned.
 

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Varine

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FireCat

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Can black hole lose enough mass to "stop being a black hole? "
 

tom_mai78101

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Varine, where did you get that GIF?? It's still slower than the speed of light.
 

camelCase

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Actually, that's about the speed of light;
Distance from Earth to Moon: 384,400 km
Speed of Light: 299 792 458 m / s or 299 792 km / s
Time = Distance / Speed
Time = 384 400 km / 299 792 km/s
Time = ~0.9486577360303144 s
Meh, about 0.95 s

The gif does seem to take about 0.95 s to go from the Earth to the moon after displaying its text.
 
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