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April 9, 2013

Ten cool things about blackholes

by Larra Morris

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From Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy, a list of ten things you might not know about black holes. Some of this I knew, but this one is incredible:

If you were to rope off the solar system out past Neptune, enclose it in a giant sphere, and fill it with air, it would be a black hole!

via Kottke and Discover

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