Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Mini-black hole is smallest ever but still strong


The new record for smallest black hole has been set--according to new NASA scientists.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA scientists have identified the smallest black hole ever found -- less than four times the mass of our sun and about the size of a large city.

But the mini-black hole, dubbed J1650, could still stretch a person into a "strand of spaghetti" with its pull, the researchers told a meeting in Los Angeles."

Read the full story here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080401/sc_nm/space_blackhole_dc

-Ryan

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