Re: NASA - NASA to Announce Answer to Black Hole Paradox - the report


nickw7coc@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

"Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory for research are
hosting a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 21, to
explain how black holes light up the universe."

More at
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_M06101_Chandra_black_hole.html


"RELEASE: 06-245

NASA's Chandra Solves Black Hole Paradox

Black holes light up the universe and astronomers may finally know how.
New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show for the first time
powerful magnetic fields are the key to these brilliant and startling
light shows.

It is estimated up to one quarter of the radiation in the universe
emitted since the big bang comes from material falling towards
supermassive black holes, including those powering quasars, the
brightest known objects. For decades, scientists have struggled to
understand how black holes, the darkest objects in the universe, can be
responsible for such prodigious amounts of radiation."

Rest of report at
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_06245_Chandra_blackhole.html

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