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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€“] JoMomma@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there any reason to have ever believed that they didn't spin?

[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really. But it's always good to get confirmation of our theories. And it's usually even more exiting to find an error in a well established theory.

And then you've got to consider that at least mathematically a black hole doesn't have any volume, so what could actually spin in something that's infinitely small? This more or less confirms that this is bullshit.