
Originally Posted by
Profpat
Given this from Virginia Tech:
These objects were called the "qausi-stellar radio sources", or "quasars" for short. Later, it was found these sources could not be stars in our galaxy, but must be very far away --- as far as any of the distant galaxies seen. We now think these objects are the very bright centers of some distant galaxies, where some sort of energetic action is occurring, most probably due to the presence of a supermassive black hole at the center of that galaxy (supermassive = made up from a mass of about a billion solar masses).
Getting back to our discussion on limitations, it would appear that when a planet reaches it's limit in mass it becomes a star, when a star reaches it limit in mass it becomes a black hole, when a black hole reaches it's limit it creates a quasar, thus starting the process all over again. This is why I like the cyclic theory of the universe.
Best, Pat
Quote, “…the law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another or transferred from one body to another, but the total amount of energy remains constant (the same). (Unquote) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy
“The law of conservation of energy states that energy can be transferred from one body to another and as such then a constant magnetic field being created as a source, where it has the potential force to act upon another body with the magnetic field not changed in the form it was created in, it's continual nature of potential maintained, it will effectively be an “infinite” constant effect of potential.” (Unquote) Graham Peter M. Burnett.
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