A Monster Black Hole is Forming From 3 Colliding Galaxies

[Judi Lynn]

A Monster Black Hole is Forming From 3 Colliding Galaxies
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18 hours ago

Three Makes A Black Hole

About 1.8 billion light-years away in a galaxy called IRAS 20100-4156, astrophysicists have recently discovered that a monster black hole is forming from the collision of three other spiral galaxies.

The black hole, which has been classified as supermassive, is 3.8 billion solar masses.

As a comparison, astrophysicists assert that the black hole at the center of our own galaxy has a mass that is only 4 million times that of the Sun, so a black hole that we measure in billions is a beast of truly epic proportions.


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A galaxy collision. Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, NASA
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Accidental Discovery

Its discovery was, interestingly, accidental. Scientists from CSIRO were just testing their new telescope, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), when unusual readings from the aforementioned galaxy came into the picture.

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[Purveyor]

1. You know, we don't know a thing... Only can look. Thanks for posting Judi.