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Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Black Hole

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. Well, that's no fun. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I much prefer supermassive ones that seem to take the piss.

    Just me, though. :)

  2. #irc.trooltalk.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. 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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  4. moron discovering new directions home by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. 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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    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle