Posted on 02/18/2016 1:21:04 PM PST by Red Badger
This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the elliptical galaxy NGC 4889 (arrowed) in front of hundreds of background galaxies. Well-hidden from human eyes, there is a gigantic supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. (Credit: NASA & ESA) =====================================================================================================================================
Astronomers have found one of the largest-ever black holes in giant galaxy NGC 4889, some 300 million light years away.
The Hubble space telescope has captured an incredible image of elliptical galaxy NGC 4889, which is located in the Coma Cluster. Scientists, however, note that the giant galaxy harbors a dark secret.
The European Space Agency explains that the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole that has 21 billion times the mass of the Sun and an event horizon — the surface at which even light cannot escape its gravitational grasp — of approximately 81 billion miles. That makes the event horizon about 15 times the diameter of Neptune’s orbit from the Sun.
However, the black hole’s time of swallowing stars and devouring dust is past. “Astronomers believe that the gigantic black hole has stopped feeding, and is currently resting after feasting on NGC 4889’s cosmic cuisine,†explained the ESA, in a statement on its website. “The environment within the galaxy is now so peaceful that stars are forming from its remaining gas and orbiting undisturbed around the black hole.â€
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Super massive Black Hole PinG!
Wait a minute , that was just a smudge on the telescope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGxRWCmwSDE
just shows you how small we really are
If it’s heading in our direction, we’re screwed. Won’t have to fret anymore about climate change, so that’s a positive.
I’ll bet even this black hole has Hillary’s emails.
Hard to believe we never saw that red arrow before
Hmm. So gravity can just be shut off and turned on at will?
A black hole so massive that even gravity can't escape it :^)
A black hole so massive it will take billions and billions of dollars to fill.
It wasn’t grit on the scanner?
That's old school, now it takes trillions and trillions of dollars to fill it, get with the times :^)
On reading the title...I thought this was a piece about the various metro areas run by LIB/DIM/Afro-American politicians. Silly me...
+1000
-—— the black hole’s time of swallowing stars and devouring dust is past-—
Nay, gravity continues to accrete
I do not believe in the thought of a gravity damper, a gravity governor
It’s just digesting...........for now.................
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