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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.

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "Farthest monster black hole found" - http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42252235
3. "in the journal Nature" - http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature25180
4. "DX" - https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature25180
5. "Sky & Telescope" - http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/most-distant-black-hole-yet-612201723/
6. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=23701

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