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Old 03-19-2008, 07:26 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by to_hobbes View Post
Take black holes for example. We have been fortunate to never be near enough to a black hole to be able to test it or observe it directly. Really, because we have never directly observed a black hole, how do we know it exists? Faith?
Not quite there but taking a step forward to a black hole

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...n-the-lab.html
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