SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLE LEAVES SCIENTISTS FEELING RED

Pasadena, CA - Black holes have long been a source of mystery for both scientists and layman alike. The massive gravity wells were first postulated in 1783, just as science was truly starting to understand the nature of the universe. Since then great minds such as Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer have tackled the mystery of
the Black Hole. When the term was first coined in a 1967 speech by Physicist John Wheeler, the Cosmological body suddenly thrust its way into the mainstream and became the most popular of space-borne gravity wells.

Since that rise in popularity the black hole industry has exploded. With movies and books helping to drive the popularity of the phenomenon, funding dedicated towards research has increased exponentially. Though much still remains a mystery about the cause and effects of black holes, the study has shown that their occurrence is quite common. Now though with the revelation that a nearby black hole is two to three times larger than previously thought, scientists are left reeling and a little bit red faced as questions about the reliability of their field starts to come into question.

“We did not expect it at all. This black hole is approximately 6.4 billion times the mass of the Sun and we now suspect that other black holes in neighbouring galaxies may be much larger than we previously had though,” said Karl Gebhardt of the University of Texas. “This new model gives us a much clearer picture of the size of black holes and allows us to more carefully study how they come into being and what purpose they serve. This may also help us understand the mystery behind quasars and how they function within the ecosystem of the Universe.”

The recently expanded black hole is located in the M87 galaxy, approximately 50 million light years away. Astronomers also believe that our galaxy, The Milky Way, may also have a super massive black hole at the centre of it but the veracity of that speculation is now being called into question.

“It’s a very difficult task to completely understand everything that exists in the universe. Our telescopes and satellites can only see so far, our computer models can only work on the data that we have. Cosmology after all is a very young science and it is only in the last twenty to thirty years that we have had the technology to really conduct thorough study,” said Scrape TV Science analyst Dr. Howard Poe. “That said though, science has a lot to prove. After all it postulates that God did not create the Heavens and the Earth which is a long and firmly held belief by a great many people, people who pay the taxes that pay for these kinds of studies. The obvious question for most of them is if they can underestimate the size of a black hole by this much then what else have they gotten wrong. It brings the science down to the level of speculation which opens it up for criticism.”

Modern religion, particularly the Abrahamic traditions, have eschewed any kind of rationale or logic behind the existence of the Universe and attributed it to the whims of an omniscient being. Science traditionally postulates theories and then pursues evidence to either prove or disprove those hypotheses. The two have often been in opposition.

“The biggest concern is that these black holes may be bigger still, or worse they are expanding at an incredible rate and will soon consume the known universe. If they are expanding and we have one at the centre of our universe how long will it be before we are destroyed by its gravity well? These are questions worth asking,” continued Poe. “Of course if we are doomed to destruction in a black hole in the fairly near future then this debate might well be pointless. It’s doesn’t really matter whose right and whose wrong if the planet has been utterly destroyed. This could of course be the result of a still fledgling science but of course because of that if we are on the path to destruction we may not know until it’s too late.”