"Black holes don't erase information, scientists say"

[Delta4Embassy]

Nor do they shrink you down and deposit you on the other side of a bookcase...

Black holes don t erase information scientists say

"A new University at Buffalo study finds that -- contrary to what some physicists have argued for the years -- information is not lost once it has entered a black hole. The research presents explicit calculations showing how information is, in fact, preserved.

The "information loss paradox" in black holes—a problem that has plagued physics for nearly 40 years—may not exist.

Shred a document, and you can piece it back together. Burn a book, and you could theoretically do the same. But send information into a black hole, and it's lost forever.

That's what some physicists have argued for years: That black holes are the ultimate vaults, entities that suck in information and then evaporate without leaving behind any clues as to what they once contained.

But new research shows that this perspective may not be correct.

"According to our work, information isn't lost once it enters a black hole," says Dejan Stojkovic, PhD, associate professor of physics at the University at Buffalo. "It doesn't just disappear.""

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[CrusaderFrank]

Black hole deniers say what?

 

[defcon4]

information is not lost once it has entered a black hole.

How many of them came back to confirm that?
Did they research if fags entering the black hole can reemerge again?

 

[Iceweasel]

Sounds like their funding is in need of a refill.

 

[waltky]

Black holes can emit light...

Visible light from black holes seen for the first time
Fri, Jan 08, 2016 - Astronomers have discovered that black holes can be observed through a simple optical telescope when material from surrounding space falls into them and releases violent bursts of light.

The apparent contradiction emerges when a black hole’s gravity pulls in matter from nearby stars, producing light that can be viewed from a modest 20cm telescope. Japanese researchers detected light waves from V404 Cygni — an active black hole in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan — when it awoke from a 26-year-long slumber in June last year. Writing in the journal Nature, Mariko Kimura of Kyoto University and others report how telescopes spotted flashes of light coming from the black hole over the two weeks it remained active. The flashes of light lasted from several minutes to a few hours. Some of the telescopes were within reach of amateur astronomers, with lenses as small as 20cm. “We now know that we can make observations based on optical rays — visible light, in other words — and that black holes can be observed without high-spec X-ray or gamma-ray telescopes,” Kimura said.

The black hole, one of the closest to Earth, has a partner star somewhat smaller than the sun. The two objects circle each other every six-and-a-half days about 8,000 light years from Earth. Black holes with nearby stars can burst into life every few decades. In the case of V404 Cygni, the gravitational pull exerted on its partner star was so strong that it stripped matter from the surface. This ultimately spiraled down into the black hole, releasing a burst of radiation. Until now, similar outbursts had only been observed as intense flashes of X-rays and gamma-rays.

At 6:31pm GMT on June 15 last year, a gamma ray detector on NASA’s Swift space telescope picked up the first signs of an outburst from V404 Cygni. In the wake of the event, Japanese scientists launched a worldwide effort to turn optical telescopes toward the black hole. The flickers of light are produced when X-rays released from matter falling into the black hole heat up the material left behind. Southampton University astronomer Poshak Gandhi said the black hole looked extremely bright when matter fell in, despite being veiled by interstellar gas and dust. The discovery comes a day after astronomers reported two massive blasts of gas coming from a supermassive black hole in the heart of a galaxy 26 million light-years away.

Scientists believe that two arcs of X-rays spotted by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory at the heart of the spiral galaxy, NGC 5195, are the remnants of huge outbursts of gas from the black hole. “Astronomers often refer to black holes as eating stars and gas. Apparently, black holes can also burp after their meal,” said Eric Schlegel, who led the study at the University of Texas in San Antonio. “It is common for big black holes to expel gas outward, but rare to have such a close, resolved view of these events.” “We think these arcs represent fossils from two enormous blasts when the black hole expelled material outward into the galaxy,” said Christine Jones, a co-author at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “This activity is likely to have had a big effect on the galactic landscape.”

Visible light from black holes seen for the first time - Taipei Times

 

[hadit]

Black holes can emit light...

Visible light from black holes seen for the first time
Fri, Jan 08, 2016 - Astronomers have discovered that black holes can be observed through a simple optical telescope when material from surrounding space falls into them and releases violent bursts of light.

The apparent contradiction emerges when a black hole’s gravity pulls in matter from nearby stars, producing light that can be viewed from a modest 20cm telescope. Japanese researchers detected light waves from V404 Cygni — an active black hole in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan — when it awoke from a 26-year-long slumber in June last year. Writing in the journal Nature, Mariko Kimura of Kyoto University and others report how telescopes spotted flashes of light coming from the black hole over the two weeks it remained active. The flashes of light lasted from several minutes to a few hours. Some of the telescopes were within reach of amateur astronomers, with lenses as small as 20cm. “We now know that we can make observations based on optical rays — visible light, in other words — and that black holes can be observed without high-spec X-ray or gamma-ray telescopes,” Kimura said.

The black hole, one of the closest to Earth, has a partner star somewhat smaller than the sun. The two objects circle each other every six-and-a-half days about 8,000 light years from Earth. Black holes with nearby stars can burst into life every few decades. In the case of V404 Cygni, the gravitational pull exerted on its partner star was so strong that it stripped matter from the surface. This ultimately spiraled down into the black hole, releasing a burst of radiation. Until now, similar outbursts had only been observed as intense flashes of X-rays and gamma-rays.

At 6:31pm GMT on June 15 last year, a gamma ray detector on NASA’s Swift space telescope picked up the first signs of an outburst from V404 Cygni. In the wake of the event, Japanese scientists launched a worldwide effort to turn optical telescopes toward the black hole. The flickers of light are produced when X-rays released from matter falling into the black hole heat up the material left behind. Southampton University astronomer Poshak Gandhi said the black hole looked extremely bright when matter fell in, despite being veiled by interstellar gas and dust. The discovery comes a day after astronomers reported two massive blasts of gas coming from a supermassive black hole in the heart of a galaxy 26 million light-years away.

Scientists believe that two arcs of X-rays spotted by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory at the heart of the spiral galaxy, NGC 5195, are the remnants of huge outbursts of gas from the black hole. “Astronomers often refer to black holes as eating stars and gas. Apparently, black holes can also burp after their meal,” said Eric Schlegel, who led the study at the University of Texas in San Antonio. “It is common for big black holes to expel gas outward, but rare to have such a close, resolved view of these events.” “We think these arcs represent fossils from two enormous blasts when the black hole expelled material outward into the galaxy,” said Christine Jones, a co-author at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “This activity is likely to have had a big effect on the galactic landscape.”

Visible light from black holes seen for the first time - Taipei Times

Actually, it's not the black hole itself that's emitting light, it comes from the material surrounding it.

 

[waltky]

Hadit wrote: Actually, it's not the black hole itself that's emitting light, it comes from the material surrounding it.

Granny says, "Well...

... call it what ya want...

... same difference."