Environmental Graffiti

Environmental Graffiti’s Guide to Black Holes

Einstein predicted them in General Relativity and finally the first Black Hole was found in 1971. Now massive black holes are believed to live at the center of most galaxies. Black holes have infinite mass, but no volume and no dimensions. Welcome to a 'universe' where the laws of physics as we know them do not apply.

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The Ultimate Game at CERN: The Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is of offline until summer 2009 when the search for the Higgs boson resumes. The Higgs boson is the last important prediction of the Standard Theory awaiting confirmation. A few physicists are worried that the extraordinary energies needed for the experiments will create a runaway black hole.

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