An important PSA about black holes
Okay folks. Since I had fun doing that last little rant about 2012, I thought I'd link this for anyone who has the wrong idea about black holes. No, there are no black holes in 2012. Frankly, that would have IMPROVED the movie. >.>
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/black_hole_sun.html
Also, for those of you afraid that the Hadron Supercollider in Europe would create a black hole that would suck up the Earth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_black_hole#Stability_of_a_micro_black_hole
Micro black holes have almost no mass. Mass is what makes a black hole dangerous.
Sadly, now and then, SCIENCE FICTION LEADS TO STUPIDITY.
P.S. On an unrelated note, Jupiter is far too small in mass to become a sun, at least 80 times too small. There's not enough matter in the Solar System outside the sun itself that could make that change, so Jupiter's not gonna change anytime soon.
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/black_hole_sun.html
Also, for those of you afraid that the Hadron Supercollider in Europe would create a black hole that would suck up the Earth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_black_hole#Stability_of_a_micro_black_hole
Micro black holes have almost no mass. Mass is what makes a black hole dangerous.
Sadly, now and then, SCIENCE FICTION LEADS TO STUPIDITY.
P.S. On an unrelated note, Jupiter is far too small in mass to become a sun, at least 80 times too small. There's not enough matter in the Solar System outside the sun itself that could make that change, so Jupiter's not gonna change anytime soon.