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Giant Black Hole Found

Posted by chrisd on from the infinite-radius-finite-diameter dept.

paradox writes "Reuters is reporting that scientists have found a massive black hole 40,000 light-years away that could change the way scientists think about black holes. The mass of this particular black hole is 14 times the mass of the sun, compared to the typical mass of 3 to 7 suns."

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  1. Distance by gandalf_grey · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's worth noting that the center of the galaxy is 26,000 lightyears from us, see: space.com. So 40,000 LY is not exactly nearby, as the story seems to imply.

    So, don't worry about being sucked into infinitely long strings of goo just yet.

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