An international team of astronomers has discovered two gigantic black holes with masses about 10 billion times the mass of our sun. These black holes have a mass more than 50 percent greater than any other previously measured. [Read more...]
Massive black holes shatter record
Gas ‘bullets’ shoot from giant black hole
Astronomers have uncovered some striking features in the gases emitted from the regions close to one of the brightest supermassive black holes known to exist. The black hole has a mass 300 million times that of the sun. [Read more...]
Universe’s most distant quasar
Astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar to date—around 100 million years younger than the previous title holder. This brilliant and rare beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, is by far the brightest object yet found from a time when the Universe was less than 800 million years old—just a fraction of its current age. [Read more...]
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Black hole eats star, spews light beam
A big, bright bang recorded by astronomers came from a distant black hole that ripped apart a star and blasted an energy beam to Earth. Seen above is an artist’s impression of the star just before it was ripped apart by the supermassive black hole. [Read more...]
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