Comments on: Researchers Look Into a Black Hole (But Does the Black Hole Look Back?) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:36:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dylan daniel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/comment-page-1/#comment-10019 dylan daniel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:20:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/#comment-10019 wow that was cool but i dont think that was a black hole it did not look like on ps. type back and tell me if it was a real black hole bye wow that was cool but i dont think that was a black hole it did not look like on ps. type back and tell me if it was a real black hole bye

]]> By: Eliza Strickland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7472 Eliza Strickland Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:29:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/#comment-7472 Thanks for asking -- you're right, that wasn't clear. According to astrophysicists, some supermassive black holes are surrounded by twisted magnetic fields that interact with clouds of ionized gas, called plasma, and send jets of this matter outward. The plasma is outside the black hole's event horizon (the boundary within which nothing can escape), and can therefore be flung outwards through the cosmos. Thanks for asking — you’re right, that wasn’t clear.

According to astrophysicists, some supermassive black holes are surrounded by twisted magnetic fields that interact with clouds of ionized gas, called plasma, and send jets of this matter outward. The plasma is outside the black hole’s event horizon (the boundary within which nothing can escape), and can therefore be flung outwards through the cosmos.

]]> By: ginsberg simjah http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/comment-page-1/#comment-7341 ginsberg simjah Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:08:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/03/researchers-look-into-a-black-hole-but-does-the-black-hole-look-back/#comment-7341 Please explain: how can a high-speed jet of matter be ejected from a black hole if not even visible light can escape its gravitational pull? Please explain: how can a high-speed jet of matter be ejected from a black hole if not even visible light can escape its gravitational pull?

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