Supermassive Black Hole Weighing 17 Billion Suns Discovered In Unlikely Place
- 8 years ago
A team of astronomers recently stumbled upon a menacingly large black hole in a very unexpected place – the galactic equivalent of a small town.
The universe has many monstrous black holes, and researchers aren’t typically surprised when they find one.
However, a team of astronomers led by Chung-Pei Ma of the University of California-Berkeley recently stumbled upon one in a very unexpected place – the galactic equivalent of a small town.
Behemoth black holes most often reside in the more expansive and densely populated regions of space.
The new mega black hole, which, incidentally, weighs the equivalent of roughly 17 billion suns, is situated in a fairly large galaxy. Yet, the surrounding cluster is alarmingly sparse.
Ma
The universe has many monstrous black holes, and researchers aren’t typically surprised when they find one.
However, a team of astronomers led by Chung-Pei Ma of the University of California-Berkeley recently stumbled upon one in a very unexpected place – the galactic equivalent of a small town.
Behemoth black holes most often reside in the more expansive and densely populated regions of space.
The new mega black hole, which, incidentally, weighs the equivalent of roughly 17 billion suns, is situated in a fairly large galaxy. Yet, the surrounding cluster is alarmingly sparse.
Ma