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Farthest monster black hole found
Astronomers have discovered the most distant "supermassive" black hole known to science.
The matter-munching sinkhole is a whopping 13 billion light-years away, so far that we see it as it was a mere 690 million years after the Big Bang. But at about 800 million times the mass of our Sun, it managed to grow to a surprisingly large size such a short time after the origin of the Universe. The find is described in the journal Nature [DOI: 10.1038/nature25180] [DX].
This relic from the early Universe is busily devouring material at the centre of a galaxy - marking it out as a so-called quasar.
Also at Sky & Telescope.
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(Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday December 08 2017, @03:58AM
"The newly discovered black hole is busily devouring material at the centre of a galaxy - marking it out as a so-called quasar."
Don't they mean it WAS busily devouring matter? Do they realize how long ago and far away 13 Billion light-years is.
Then there is the other thing about "the beginning of the Universe". What if it it never started nor has an end. And why do mathematicians treat infinity and zero the same?
When life isn't going right, go left.