[–] RedditDead2005-2015 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 5.2 years ago
You mean it woke up about a million years ago and we're just seeing it now.
[–] Kleyno 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) 5.2 years ago
It's all relative.
[–] syllovespan [S] 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 5.2 years ago
And we're only seeing what it was up to 8,000 years ago. I had no idea black holes could disappear and reappear.
[–] pentagonalface 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 5.2 years ago
It never disappeared, it just started absorbing material from it's companion star again, which it stopped doing for 26 years.
[–] aFrenchGuy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 5.2 years ago
"wakes up"...Of course, it's well known, blackholes have different states: Play, pause, rewind...
[–] RedditDead2005-2015 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You mean it woke up about a million years ago and we're just seeing it now.
[–] Kleyno 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It's all relative.
[–] syllovespan [S] ago
And we're only seeing what it was up to 8,000 years ago. I had no idea black holes could disappear and reappear.
[–] pentagonalface 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It never disappeared, it just started absorbing material from it's companion star again, which it stopped doing for 26 years.