[Rylkan]

Nope. It will lose it's rings eventually, though. All gas planets have rings and they go through times of having more and not having more. Saturn is just really pronounced.

Should I just give them answer and post another question?

[Zziggywolf5]

Sure!

[Rylkan]

The answer is actually rain. Saturn's atmosphere causes helium to form into liquids that rain down further in the atmosphere, changing potential energy into kinetic energy. Strange, huh?

Now, a much easier question. Explain in detail how a black hole radiates and loses mass over time.

[skenasis]

Somehow, I get the distinct impression that this is another one people don't know the answer to

Judging by how it's gone four days without so much as a guess, I'd say ask another question. One that people can actually answer!

[Neraphym]

Erm, I didn't realize a new one was posted.

Anywho, I can't explain it in detail because I really don't understand the process that well. I do know its called Hawking Radiation, and it has something to do with black body emissions. What I'd like to know is... once it looses enough mass, will it revert to a neutron star?

[Rylkan]

I'll give it to Alpha for knowing the name of it, but it's not black body radiation, its actually a quantum effect. Random pairs are created by probability and other quantum effects, and usually instantly dissappear again. if they appear near the edge of a black hole, and one enters but the other doesn't, then the black hole gives it's mass to the one that escaped, making it become a real particle.

[Neraphym]

Neat! I can't think of any good questions, so whoever wants it can have it...

[Rylkan]

Rather easy one to google, but, How do they detect the presence of supermassive blackholes? Such as when they look into the galactic plan for the Milky Way, what is one method they use to determine what is happening there?

Think Newton and Newtons form of Keplers Third Law (Or just relating energy of an orbit to potential energy and such forth)

[Neraphym]

If its dormant, just look for stars rotating around the galactic center. Find the common foci for all of them and there's probably a supermassive black hole there. If its a quazar... then you have a freaking super-brilliant accretion disk, a dead giveaway for a black hole. The brighter, the bigger.

[Rylkan]

Yep. Just figure out by it's period of the orbit and the distance from the center of it's orbit, and you can figure out the mass. They see that there is a humongous mass there, but the space for it is no bigger than our solar system (On that scale I believe) So the best explanation is a SMB.

Again, question goes to you

[Neraphym]

Alrighty, we've killed astronomy and zoology, so onto something else...

How does hydrogen peroxide work at killing germs?

[Goto]

Hmmm.. Well given what it's made of, I'm going to say... Oxidation kills them?

[Neraphym]

Pretty much. Your question.

[skenasis]

Since Goto's taken a whole 6 days to not post a question, I'll post one instead.

What is the smallest mammal in the world?

Just as a note, there is some debate about this. The answer I'm after is NOT Kitti's hog-nosed bat, also known as the bumblebee bat.

[Neraphym]

Well, if it's not a bat, then I'd imagine it'd be some exotic species of shrew.