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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Tue May 30, 2017, 11:18 PM May 2017

Supermassive Black Holes May Be Ruining Potentially Habitable Planets By Destroying Their Atmosphere


BY NINA GODLEWSKI @NINAGODLEWSKI ON 05/30/17 AT 5:44 PM


Scientists have discovered black holes may be doing more damage to their surroundings than originally thought. A study published this month shows quasars may be responsible for disappearing atmospheres in our galaxy along with the rest of the universe.

Quasars are the cores of active galaxies and are made up of supermassive black holes, NASA said. These bright, star-like objects are far away in space but give off powerful radio waves. The study reveals just how these quasars and black holes actually impact the planets around them.

The study revealed about 50 percent of all planets in the universe could lose the equivalent of the atmosphere on Mars and 10 percent may lose the equivalent of Earth’s atmosphere due to these quasars. The loss of atmosphere occurs because the quasars create an energy transfer that causes the makeup of the atmosphere to disappear.

Essentially, the supermassive black holes are accompanied by light that grows brighter and brighter due to gas. When it gains this light, it can outshine stars in the area. That light can illuminate the atmosphere of planets and subsequently transfer energy to the particles that make up the atmosphere. When that happens, those particles then have the energy to leave the atmosphere because they can break free of the gravitational pull, the study found.

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http://www.ibtimes.com/supermassive-black-holes-may-be-ruining-potentially-habitable-planets-destroying-2545533
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Supermassive Black Holes May Be Ruining Potentially Habitable Planets By Destroying Their Atmosphere (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2017 OP
I can tnink of a super massive destructive black hole in DC. pangaia May 2017 #1
No, thats an asshole not a black hole but its easy to understand your confusion as both cstanleytech May 2017 #4
Pun. Igel May 2017 #5
Ouch shenmue May 2017 #2
Super Massive Black Holes are Making the Universe Great Again! ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #3

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
4. No, thats an asshole not a black hole but its easy to understand your confusion as both
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:56 AM
May 2017

massively suck.

Igel

(35,191 posts)
5. Pun.
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:31 PM
May 2017

Black hole is Russian chernaya dyra translated into English.

It's a Russian euphemism for butthole. It was popularized in English in '67.

Made more interesting when a mechanism for black holes to store and not destroy information was termed "hair" and such objects were termed "hairy black holes."

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