Black holes can foster the creation of stars?

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That is what this article appears to be suggesting — evidently, supermassive s that pull in large amounts of molecular cloud can form elliptical discs of gas remnants, which (perhaps due to the unique conditions?) can subsequently give rise to .

Even in destruction, then, creation takes place. Very cool.

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Pleasepleaseplease…shut up already!

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Okay, so do we all remember that guy who complained that the term “black hole” was a racial statement?

Yeah — he’s sticking to his guns, and is further claiming that the term “devil’s food cake” is racist. Also, “black sheep” is apparently also unacceptable — someone inform the kindergartens!

Much like a , this is a level of stupidity and hyper-sensitivity from which there is no escape.

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The term “black hole” is now a racial statement

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Somebody tell NASA. Also, let’s get all those various gravitational and books off of the shelves right now — we can’t allow The ChildrenTM to be exposed to such blatant hate literature!

This is beyond stupid. Seriously, have we become such thin-skinned fools in our society that even common names for physical phenomena are likely to offend people?

Get over yourselves, losers!

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