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Old 04-02-2008, 11:14 PM   #27 (permalink)
Martian
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Originally Posted by Augi
@ Martian:
I thought black holes are generally accepted as real things in our universe. We can't see them, but we can observe their effects on nearby objects. Haven't we all ready done so?
They are generally accepted. Being generally accepted does not equate to being proven.

There is circumstantial evidence that suggests their existence is highly probable. However, we have no direct evidence that black holes actually exist. Due to the nature of black holes, I'm sure you can imagine such evidence is decidedly hard to come by.
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