Still Waters Posted February 16, 2012 #1 Share Posted February 16, 2012 The Hubble space telescope has spotted a supermassive black hole floating on the outskirts of a large galaxy.The location is odd because black holes of this size generally form in the centers of galaxies, not at their edges. This suggests the black hole is the lone survivor of a now-disintegrated dwarf galaxy. The black hole — named HLX-1 — is 20,000 times more massive than the sun, and is situated 290 million light-years away at the edge of the spiral galaxy ESO 243-49. Hubble detected a great deal of energetic blue light coming from the black hole’s accretion disk — a massive collection of gas and dust that spirals into the black hole’s maw, generating x-rays. But scientists studying Hubble’s data also noticed the presence of cooler, red light, which shouldn’t have been there. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarMountainKid Posted February 16, 2012 #2 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger In A Tie Posted February 16, 2012 #3 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I love articles about black holes. Great read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eluveit Posted February 17, 2012 #4 Share Posted February 17, 2012 So intriguing and so mysterious.. Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaraKitty Posted March 19, 2012 #5 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Black holes never cease to amaze me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space11498 Posted April 6, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I think every thing in the universe becomes famous only when it is refered with a black hole most of the times.Its power and the authority it shows to all the other things in the universe amazes me, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted April 6, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Space is far and wide..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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