Black hole spews water vapour

so...not only a black hole emits some kind of radiation, but also matter... ? Doesn't this contradict some of the physics we base our understanding of the universe on?

so...not only a black hole emits some kind of radiation, but also matter... ? Doesn't this contradict some of the physics we base our understanding of the universe on? exactly ........ yet our understanding of it compared to the universe probably isn't the end all statement.

this is amazing! if they find some way to prove this (i don't have a clue how they could) then i don't think that anyone could deny life exists elswhere in the universe.

“Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.” - Sir Arthur Eddington

exactly ........ yet our understanding of it compared to the universe probably isn't the end all statement. not only probably, I'd say there's a huge chance we aren't even ABLE to comprehend the deepest level of universe an reality...

So, where there's water, there can be life?

The last throes of a planet sucked into the hole?

so...not only a black hole emits some kind of radiation, but also matter... ? Doesn't this contradict some of the physics we base our understanding of the universe on? Not really. The matter hasn't actually entered the black hole yet. As I understand it, as the black hole gobbles up stars, nebulae, etc. enough energy is released that some of the lighter stuff (gas, plasma, etc) gets blasted outwards in a jet. Eventually this jet will probably get gobbled up too... I think a large black hole accumulates a sort of a spiral `halo' (called an accretion disc) of stuff it is eating. This rotating sp... [More]

not only probably, I'd say there's a huge chance we aren't even ABLE to comprehend the deepest level of universe an reality... I agree. I think we've barely scratched the proverbial tip on the iceberg.