Huge black hole tips the scales

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by DeepThought, Jan 11, 2008.

  1. DeepThought

    DeepThought Banned Banned

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    Astronomers have weighed the biggest known black hole in the Universe.

    The monster celestial object is 18 billion times more massive than our own Sun, says a team from Finland - six times larger than the previous record.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7181877.stm
     
    DeepThought, Jan 11, 2008
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  3. blobrana

    blobrana Registered Senior Member

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    Nice,

    Position(2000): RA 08:54:48.8 Dec +20:06:31
     
    blobrana, Jan 11, 2008
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  5. kaneda

    kaneda Actual Cynic Registered Senior Member

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    I like the idea that they have only just found something so massive. It makes you wonder if even larger SM-BH's are out there?
     
    kaneda, Jan 12, 2008
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