UM-Bot Posted March 21, 2003 #1 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Astronomers have weighed a supermassive black hole on the edge of the known universe and found that it is three billion times bigger than the Sun. The black hole is 13 billion light years away on the further reaches of space, and can only be seen because it is in a quasar, a highly energetic galaxy emitting vast amounts of light. It was examined by an Anglo-Canadian team of scientists using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (Ukirt) in Hawaii. View: Full Article | Source: New Zealand Herald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 21, 2003 #2 Share Posted March 21, 2003 You mean it's only three billion times more massive than our sun? And it's only 13 billion light years away? Just kidding Thanks for the article Gareth. Black Holes are cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonboy Posted March 21, 2003 #3 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Jeez, how big were the scales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albaqwerty Posted March 21, 2003 #4 Share Posted March 21, 2003 (I was wondering that too LB ) amazing what physics etc etc etc can tell us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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