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Offline Nemesis

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Synthetic black holes
« on: March 19, 2005, 01:06:14 pm »
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A fireball created in a US particle accelerator has the characteristics of a black hole, a physicist has said.
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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2005, 01:10:15 pm »

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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2005, 01:11:44 pm »
that is so cool. Good story guys.

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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2005, 01:27:10 pm »
8) Direct link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4357613.stm


Thanks Bonk, yours was the link I intended to make..  I normally test my links better than that but I am still a little fried from an allergic reaction Thursday.
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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2005, 10:38:19 pm »
What next, Romulan Warbirds??

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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2005, 10:39:35 pm »
Let's hope they don't make a full fledged black hole by mistake!

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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2005, 03:45:59 pm »
this thead was just begging for a Micheal Jackson joke..



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Re: Synthetic black holes
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2005, 05:18:11 pm »
Let's hope they don't make a full fledged black hole by mistake!

I do wonder if they would get gravity waves from 2 rapidly moving holes of this size interacting. 
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