Blackhole discovered that is 30bn times the size of the Sun
UK scientists have discovered an ultramassive black hole around 33 billion times the mass of the Sun.
The team described its findings, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, as “extremely exciting”. They are the most massive objects in the universe, at between 10 billion and 40 billion times the mass of the Sun.Although their origins are unclear, some believe that black holes are formed from the extreme merger of massive galaxies billions of years ago when the universe was still young.Researchers behind the discovery used a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, where they took help from a nearby galaxy by converting it into a giant magnifying glass.
The scientists used supercomputer simulations at Durham University and images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the size of the supermassive black hole.Speaking of the discovery, Dr Nightingale said: “Most of the biggest black holes that we know about are in an active state, where matter pulled in close to the black hole heats up and releases energy in the form of light, X-rays and other radiation.
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