Hum Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Astronomers have discovered what may be the most massive black hole ever known in a small galaxy about 250 million light-years from Earth, scientists say. The supermassive black hole has a mass equivalent to 17 billion suns and is located inside the galaxy NGC 1277 in the constellation Perseus. It makes up about 14 percent of its host galaxy's mass, compared with the 0.1 percent a normal black hole would represent, scientists said. "This is a really oddball galaxy," said study team member Karl Gebhardt of the University of Texas at Austin in a statement. "It's almost all black hole. This could be the first object in a new class of galaxy-black hole systems." The giant black hole is about 11 times as wide as the orbit of Neptune around our sun, researchers said. The mass is so far above normal that the scientists took a year to double-check and submit their research paper for publication, according to the study's lead author, Remco van den Bosch. more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I wonder what's inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I wonder what's inside. Probably the Microverse... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 29, 2012 MVC Share Posted November 29, 2012 Event Horizon anyone? The Laughing Man 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I wonder what's inside. A tunnel to another Dimension ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benplace Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I wonder what's inside. We are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Mazza Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 We gotta go there someday... :pirate: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rev Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I didn't do it! I swear! :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Astronomers have discovered what may be the most massive black hole ever ... and it's moving towards Earth ... :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I wonder what's inside. microsoft's future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta_immersion Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Tam tam taaaaammmmmmm!!!! I am sure those damn battarians or some other messed up collectors near by .... pesky fuKs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPSV Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 its the Time Lords Power Source :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted November 29, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted November 29, 2012 Astronomers have discovered what may be the most massive black hole ever ... and it's moving towards Earth ... :ninja: There's gotta be some type of garbage collection in the universe :rofl: Hum 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Oh they found my wallet? I hope they return it back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Probably the Microverse... lol It's the underverse....this is our once chance to accept Riddick as our god. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 At that size it wouldn't surprise me if it ends up consuming the entire host galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted November 29, 2012 Member Share Posted November 29, 2012 "This is a really oddball galaxy," said study team member Karl Gebhardt of the University of Texas at Austin in a statement. "It's almost all black hole. If it's oddball then planet earth needs to be there. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 I wonder what's inside. Every sock anyone's ever lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted November 30, 2012 Member Share Posted November 30, 2012 Every sock anyone's ever lost. I wondered what happened to them. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladiatorus Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 That thing sucks big time! +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 it won't consume its galaxy...it's what keeping it together. every galaxy has a supermassive black hole in the middle, they're just super-massive stars or groups of stars that were the first to achieve "black hole" status and thus attract other matter, thereby creating what we call galaxies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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