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Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Black Hole

Posted by Zonk on from the for-relative-terms-of-teeny-and-tiny dept.

AbsoluteXyro writes "According to a Space.com article, NASA scientists have discovered the smallest known black hole to date. The object is known as 'XTE J1650-500'. Weighing in at a scant 3.8 solar masses and measuring only 15 miles across, this finding sheds new light on the lower limit of black hole sizes and the critical threshold at which a star will become a black hole upon its death, rather than a neutron star. XTE J1650-500 beats out the previous record holder, GRO 1655-40, by about 2.5 solar masses."

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  1. A glitch by Apoorv+Khatreja · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Albert Einstein's image in the post is running over and overlapping the 'Related Stories' bar which is not looking decent. I do not understang the need for three images when you could do with one.

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  2. Re:Probably Something Stupid by pseudochaos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Had to attack the form and not the argument itself. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the mark of an uneducated mind. Let's hear it for Ecuador. ;)

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