Models showing what happens to matter just before it is sucked into a black hole may need to be revised after laboratory experiments using the world’s most powerful X-ray machine contradicted one of our best theories. Black holes are regions of space where the gravitational field is so intense nothi...
Stories Related to Black Hole Models Are Wrong, X-ray Machine Shows
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Tue, 08/29/2017 - 7:47am
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