Do you think that black holes exist?

Question

I'm writing a research paper on black holes, and have said that most people think that black holes exist... and I'm just wondering if this is true of the people on here.

So, do you think that black holes exist, and why?

matahari -- It's proven, you say? What's the proof? I'm not saying this to contradict your answer, since I agree with you, but I am looking for proof for my paper... so what proof are you talking about, exactly?

matahari -- True, they have been observed, but there are a lot of people who think that they don't exist.

http://www.rialian.com/rnboyd/blackhole-dispute.htm

A guy named Yilmaz has created a theory of relativity in which black holes can't exist:

http://www.olduniverse.com/home_page.htm

and http://www.rialian.com/rnboyd/blackhole-controversy.htm

So there's still a lot of controversy about their existence. Still, I think the evidence points toward their existence.

Answer 1

Yes, I believe they exist.

Have been told and taught about it since the time when I was still a very young school-going kid. It supposedly belongs to a quadruple stellar system - which is fictional but plausible.

You may find the links below useful.

Answer 2

Theoretically black holes take infinite time to form because gravity slows time down and gravity as strong as a black hole's would stop time. So the collapsing star collapses slower and slower as it gets closer and closer to becoming a true black hole. Einstein said this and all researchers know this. But black hole makes way better press than extremely dense collapsing object, so they just say black hole.

That being said, the difference between a super massive black hole in the center of the galaxy and a highly collapsed object on its way to becoming a super massive black hole infinitely far in the future is totally unimportant for all practical purposes.

Recently the orbit of a star within only 17 light hours of a black hole (OK, super dense collapsing object) at the center of the Milky Way was observed and it clearly shows a gravity field that could only be produced by a mass of more than a million Suns in a space not much larger, and possibly much smaller than, our solar system. This star was orbiting some unseen mass at a distance 3 times as far as Pluto is from the Sun at a speed 1,000 times faster than Pluto. Such a large mass in such a small volume can only be a black hole (OK, massive collapsing object).

Answer 3

There's absolutely no question that black holes exist. It's a proven fact. Only a fool would not believe they exist.

I personally would remove that statement from your paper completely.

Edit:
The proof lies in the fact that scientists have directly observed them and their effects. There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our own galaxy. Here is a recent article about a black hole that was observed by NASA "eating" a star:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=21419

Answer 4

Your chum is ideal at the same time as asserting that black holes have not yet been shown. Conclusive information will be direct statement, yet for the reason that they are so small, direct statement isn't conceivable, inspite of the most important telescopes. the idea in the back of a black hollow is that a demise megastar collapses in on itself, using its own gravity. using compaction of remember, the gravity will advance (smaller quantity yet same mass), because the smaller quantity will exert a higher rigidity on the area-time continuum. Observations were made that help the idea of superdense and supergravity products, that could all precise be black holes. so a ways, this is the finest concept accessible, yet till some type of more desirable direct statement is made, this is really that: a concept.

Answer 5

I hate admitting this but I am an astronomy nerd.

Black holes do exsist. It has been proven. Astronomers have used the hubble telescope and zoomed in on distant spiral galaxies and have actually saw one. It is right in the center and if you saw the picture i saw of it, you would believe it.

Believe it or not, most astronomers believe that there is a black hole somewhere in our galaxy, they just cant point out exactly where

Answer 6

Most scientists accept the fact that they exist.

Answer 7

black holes exists! it's there in the universe.

Answer 8

yes i think black holes exist.

Answer 9

Visit http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Search for black holes

Answer 10

yes in the universe then yea i thought u were talkin bout people