Record breaking black hole found

[Varangian (John)]

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/...129-2ail4.html

[glenc (Glen)]

Sounds amazing John
"Astronomers have discovered what may be the most massive black hole ever known in a small galaxy about 250 million light-years from Earth, scientists say. The supermassive black hole has a mass equivalent to 17 billion suns and is located inside the galaxy NGC 1277 in the constellation Perseus. It makes up about 14 percent of its host galaxy's mass, compared with the 0.1 percent a normal black hole would represent, scientists said."
http://www.space.com/18668-biggest-b...discovery.html

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Maybe, once upon a time it was a much larger galaxy and the Black Hole gobbled it all up . LOL

[TrevorW]

Where has all that matter gone ????

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

That is a LOT of missing socks.

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by Miaplacidus

That is a LOT of missing socks.

Don't forget the pens (probably the majority of dark matter if we ever get to the bottom of it).

Al.

[Russ59]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Don't forget the pens (probably the majority of dark matter if we ever get to the bottom of it).

Al.

They materialise in my wardrobe as wire cost hangers. They have done for years.

Great article thanks for posting it Varangian.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

And quite a few TV remote control's .
Thanks for this Varangain , interesting stuff , what a monster !!
Brian.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Where has all that matter gone ????

It is still there but is compressed inside the black hole, if I can put it that way.
Cheers

[glenc (Glen)]

Black holes, light speed travel, and the center of the universe!
How would it feel to travel inside a black hole?
http://hight3ch.com/what-happens-inside-a-black-hole/