On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 5:54:06 PM UTC-8, The Starmaker wrote:
palsing wrote:

On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 10:20:50 AM UTC-8, The Starmaker wrote:
The Starmaker wrote:

How many Black Holes are there?



maybe yous people didn't understand the question...


How many Black Holes are there? "are there?"

"are there" means...in a place or position.

"are there"

How many Black Holes ... *are there*?


Look, I understand yous numbers guys like to say 'billions and billions'...


'billions and billions of earths', and 'billions and billions of black holes'...


but the question is...How many Black Holes are there?


You know, confirmed..


is it 10... or around 20? maybe 25??

Another guy who can't be bothered to look this up for himself, but would rather just make a wild-ass guess.

Here you go, Lazy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_holes

I count 139 on that page, including galaxies containing bit double and triple black holes.


That link you provided reads:



This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates),


You would have to omit (probable candidates) since "probable candidates" you cannot confirm that which you have no proof of.


I would estimate there are over 100 probable candidates.


That leaves 10 balck holes... or around 20? or maybe even 25?? But certaintly not 130 since you didn't omit probable candidates.


There you go, Lazy...

In the interest of accuracy, the page says "This is a list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates)". Note it says "stars" and not Supermassive black holes, which are definitely not individual stars.

How did you 'estimate' that there are over 100 probable candidates? Just make it up, as usual? There are only a few line-items that are listed as 'candidates'... and do you have a problem with the adjective 'probable'? You know what that means, right?

What's the difference, anyhow? The existence of black holes is beyond question, and it will not be very long before the growing body of evidence will confirm that there are uncountable numbers of them in the universe. Do you have evidence indicating otherwise? What prompted you to ask this question in the first place?