US EditionAstronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest Black Hole: It ‘Bends Light Into a Giant Einstein Ring’ - Good News Network
COSMIC HORSESHOE GALAXY, AUG 11 – The ultramassive black hole weighs 36 billion solar masses, about 10,000 times heavier than the Milky Way's, offering new insights into galaxy and black hole evolution.
- Astronomers led by PhD candidate Carlos Melo and Professor Thomas Collett discovered an ultramassive black hole in the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy about 5 billion light-years away.
- The discovery occurred while researchers studied the galaxy’s dark matter using a new technique combining gravitational lensing and stellar kinematics, a method Melo called a breakthrough.
- The dormant black hole has a mass roughly 36 billion times that of the Sun, about 10,000 times heavier than the Milky Way’s central black hole, accelerating nearby stars to nearly 400 km/s.
- Collett explained that the black hole likely formed from merging supermassive black holes in companion galaxies, noting the intimate link between galaxy and black hole growth.
- The validated technique could enable the identification of additional extremely massive black holes located far across the universe, with upcoming missions like ESA’s Euclid telescope poised to provide deeper understanding of the formation and growth of these cosmic behemoths.
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A black hole in the galaxy SDSS J1148+1930, with a mass of 36 billion solar masses. Scientists believe it may be one of the largest in the entire Universe.
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Meet the Cosmic Horseshoe: 'Most massive black hole ever discovered'
Astronomers have discovered potentially the most massive black hole ever detected. The cosmic behemoth is close to the theoretical upper limit of what is possible in the universe and is 10,000 times heavier than the black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. It exists in one of the most massive galaxies ever observed - the Cosmic Horseshoe - which is so big it distorts spacetime and warps the passing light of a background galaxy into …
Astronomers Spot Possible Biggest Black Hole in the Universe
Astronomers have identified an ultramassive black hole that could be the largest ever measured, hidden in a distant galaxy known as the Cosmic Horseshoe. This gargantuan object, weighing about 36 billion Suns, warps space so strongly that light from a background galaxy is bent into a perfect Einstein ring. Record-Breaking Cosmic Giant Astronomers have identified [...]
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