Comments on: the birth of a monster? http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/07/02/the-birth-of-a-monster/ exploring science, the strange and the unknown Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:53:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pierce R. Butler http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/07/02/the-birth-of-a-monster/#comment-5690 Pierce R. Butler Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:00:09 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=4464#comment-5690 It's conceivable that a black hole could be made of nothing but dark matter, I s'poze - but personally, I just can't see it... It’s conceivable that a black hole could be made of nothing but dark matter, I s’poze – but personally, I just can’t see it…

]]> By: gfish http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/07/02/the-birth-of-a-monster/#comment-5689 gfish Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:06:26 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=4464#comment-5689 Actually yes, I'd say it does. I don't know of any paper which talks about whether a black hole can eat dark matter and what will happen to it if it does. We know that dark matter floats around galactic halos, so a massive black hole on the edge of a galaxy could hypothetically bulk up on some of it and gain a significant amount of heft. But I'm just speculating here. The big question of how a black hole would pack on so much mass so quickly would still be there, even if we throw a lot of dark matter into the equation. Actually yes, I’d say it does. I don’t know of any paper which talks about whether a black hole can eat dark matter and what will happen to it if it does. We know that dark matter floats around galactic halos, so a massive black hole on the edge of a galaxy could hypothetically bulk up on some of it and gain a significant amount of heft. But I’m just speculating here.

The big question of how a black hole would pack on so much mass so quickly would still be there, even if we throw a lot of dark matter into the equation.

]]> By: Pierce R. Butler http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/07/02/the-birth-of-a-monster/#comment-5688 Pierce R. Butler Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:03:56 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=4464#comment-5688 Doesn't the discovery of dark matter throw all sorts of where-did-that-mass-come-from questions into the "(lots!-)more-research-needed" bin? Doesn’t the discovery of dark matter throw all sorts of where-did-that-mass-come-from questions into the “(lots!-)more-research-needed” bin?

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