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Scientists confirm that the first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning (www.engadget.com)
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Scientists confirm that the first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning::The first black hole humanity has ever imaged has also provided us with what researchers are calling "unequivocal evidence" that black holes spin.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's in space and everything is relative, how do we know *everything else" isn't just spinning around the black hole? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Because that would require a centripetal force on everything else, which obviously isn't the case.