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Astronomers have created a new map of the universe which includes 1.3 million supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centre of galaxies. SMBHs have a mass between 100,000 and 10 billion times that of our own Sun. They are typically found at the centre of galaxies. The gravitational pull of these SMBHs creates a hot, […]

You’d assume that the brightest object in the known universe would be a pretty easy thing to discover, but astronomers have only just spotted it. This overlooked show-off is a supermassive black hole with the mass of 17 billion Suns, and counting – it swallows another Sun's worth of material every day, making it also the fastest-growing black hole ever found.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags:...