|
|
Article: SCIENTISTS PROBE BLACK HOLES' MYSTERIES.(News)
- Article from:
- Taos News (Taos, NM)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 The Santa Fe New Mexican. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: SUE VORENBERG
Try looking at a black object that's 50 million light years from Earth, then describe what you see.
If you said "nothing," then you understand the first problem with studying black holes.
They might be some of the most powerful objects in the universe, but viewing them is well, kind of a letdown.
To understand how they work, scientists instead have to look at the space near black holes, at other objects, energies and magnetic fields that are influenced by them.
"We believe most galaxies have black holes in the center," said Bill Junor, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. "Black holes might be ...