Astronomers discover the largest ‘ultramassive’ black hole ever seen
https://www.earth.com/news/largest-ultramassive-black-hole-ever-seen-cosmic-horseshoe-lrg-3-757/
Astronomers discover the largest ‘ultramassive’ black hole ever seen
https://www.earth.com/news/largest-ultramassive-black-hole-ever-seen-cosmic-horseshoe-lrg-3-757/
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“The Cosmic Horseshoe is a near-perfect example of a gravitational lens: a phenomenon where the gravity of a massive foreground galaxy [bends](https://www.earth.com/news/astronomers-confirm-lone-black-hole-wandering-through-our-galaxy/) the light of a background galaxy.
In this case, the background galaxy appears as a luminous arc encircling the lensing galaxy, forming what’s called an Einstein Ring.”
So you’re saying there’s a chance my lost socks are there?
The largest at 36 billion solar masses?
What happened to TON618 and Phoenix A*?
There has to be a “your Mum’ joke here somewhere.
Shouldn’t it be “never seen?” You can’t actually see it right?
Fascinating but the numbers are so big its beyond comprehension for my little brain.
The Mental gymnastics journo’s and editor’s will go through to ‘sensationalise’ their headlines and stories.
In this instance, the way it’s been measured makes it the most massive, even though the other measurement methods are also mostly accepted as accurate.
So does it have a name or is it just “the black hole at the center of galaxy LRG 3-757”?
I thought we were supposed not being able to see an black hole
Wild we are seeing an image of this ultramassive black hole from a time when the Earth was only 543 Million years old. Balmy weather back then of around 700°C (1292°F) with frequent asteroid showers and lava tsunamis.