I was watching cosmos and I was struck by the similitarity between galaxies and hurricains. Coud a galaxy be a sort of cosmic hurricain with the eye being a black hole. And if a hurricain needs an atmosphere to storm in, what is the galaxy storming in? maybe space is something! Look how long it took us to realize air exists. Also if two hurricains collided what would it look like? would it look like two galaxies? If so, would that be a clue to .... Has it ever happened? That would be a site!!!!!!
2006-10-04 07:33:31 · 4 answers · asked by olampyone 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
could a black hole be a cosmic center of low pressure low pressure attracts....Right?
2006-10-04 07:43:41 · update #1
You are correct. The dynamics are similar but the scale and time are hugely different. We would never live long enough to watch two galaxies collide.
It is theorised that there is a large black hole at the centre of the galaxy. I dont understand the physics, but around it is an area of cleared space before the first stars which orbit it without falling in, in the same way that we orbit the sun.
Awesome isnt it!
2006-10-04 07:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by agtfos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting analogy. Hurricanes have "collided," and the effect is more like a joining than something disruptive. When galaxies collide it's a different story--depending on their relative sizes, the disruption can be severe. See this site for a photo of two galaxies in collision ==>http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020506.html
2006-10-04 07:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They look superficially similar, but a black hole is attracting mass with it's gravity. The center of a hurricane has no attrractive property.
2006-10-04 07:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That really only applies to spiral galaxies. What about globular clusters or barred-spirals and other types of arrangements?
2006-10-04 20:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋