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prontocuts.com
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http://www.easyout.co.uk/webcam-cern/
Mar 8 2010 1:07AM
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OhMyBosh
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OLOLOLOL i've never seen this before.


oh wait...
Mar 8 2010 1:13AM
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prontocuts.com
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collider, I hardly know her
Mar 8 2010 1:14AM
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feihlination
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remotely funny

but wouldnt a black hole be "invisible"
Mar 8 2010 9:04AM
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VT_FLO
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Think about what you just said. the key word is BLACK hole
Mar 8 2010 9:10AM
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feihlination
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do you have a degree in astrophysics? if so, ok. if not, youre as qualified in this question as i am.

a black hole is a singularity, so technically its a small dot with infinite mass, if i remember correctly. and i am not sure if something that emits literally nothing (at least no positive mass) has a color as a rock or a tree.
Mar 8 2010 9:18AM
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notomatoplz
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i think the event horizon might be large enough to distinguish among a colorfull backdrop, but not sure.
Mar 8 2010 9:32AM
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neutralzombie
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i initially read hard on webcam
Mar 8 2010 10:00AM
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triebby
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You're right it doesn't have a color. At least not that we can see. That's because it has such a strong gravitational field that not even light can escape it's pull. Scientists can't actually see the black hole, but they can see the effects it has on nearby matter.

I also don't have a degree in astrophysics, so to anyone who does, feel free to correct me.
Mar 8 2010 12:11PM
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OhMyBosh
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Correct. The gravity is strong enough so that no light can escape, so you would see blackness surrounding it, but you would never be able to see past the event horizon, simply because there is no light; so you can never actually observe the black hole itself.
1st year astronomy FTW.


Mar 8 2010 12:16PM
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feihlination
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ohmybosh studies astronomy??? WTF
Mar 8 2010 2:02PM
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