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Re: [Phys-l] Blackhole Orbit



At 12:38 PM -0500 3/9/06, Spagna Jr., George wrote:
Check out Taylor & Wheeler's "Exploring Black Holes - Introduction to
General Relativity"


Black Holes are SO passe ! ! ! ! (or might be, real soon now)

i.e.

NewScientist.com newsletter, 9 March 2006
EDITOR'S CHOICE:
Bye Bye Black Holes

Dark energy and dark matter, two of the greatest mysteries
confronting physicists, may be two sides of the same coin. A new and
as yet undiscovered kind of star could explain both phenomena at a
stroke and, in turn, remove black holes from the lexicon of
cosmology. A universe peppered with so-called "dark energy stars" is
an audacious idea, but it has a lot going for it...
http://www.prq0.com/apps/redir.asp?link=XcdgbbddBJ,ZbccedhgjcDG&oid=UcjjbCB&iclitemid=YcdhbaggfDA&tid=WicfibbCF