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.

  • @anlumo
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    261 year ago

    Quantum Physics “spin” has nothing to do with actual spinning. It’s just a weirdly named property of particles.

    • @grabyourmotherskeys
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      81 year ago

      I’ve always thought that they should have just named the properties something like P1, P2, etc. So there’s no connotation.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Spin is a form of angular momentum, so there is a reason for the name. It’d be a pain in the butt to learn if properties didn’t have catchy names too.

    • MaggiWuerze
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      11 year ago

      I thought “spinning” was meant rather literally in this case and not in some quantum sense

      • @anlumo
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        11 year ago

        For black holes, it does refer to actual spinning. Particles are the ones not really spinning.