Black Holes

have black holes actually been proven to exist? when i was a kid i was all into astronomy and recently i've been looking into it again, and after reading several articles on the subject im still kinda in the dark. if you say wiki black holes there's tons of inferential information about them existing but no references to actual known black holes. also I just read some random post on /b/ (lol, reliable information) saying "as science has proven a blackhole is impossible (NASA news 2006) " <- anyone know wtf article he's referring to.

so tl;dr, blackholes: definately out there or an interesting theory?

>>19
Poisoning the well, begging the question, etc.  They have been proven inasmuch as has been gravity itself.  We can't see gravity; only its effects.

If you want to get into philosophical debates over whether what we see is true, metaphysics and ontology are that way -->.  Science assumes what we see to be proof; skepticism is merely disbelief in the absence of proof.  If a consistent, well formulated argument, with agreeing results is seen, you can damn well count that as proof.

Nihilism != skepticism.