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Stuff of nightmares: Black holes one hundred billion times the mass of the sun – Digital Trends
If the idea of a black hole millions of times the mass of our sun makes you uncomfortable then we have bad news.
This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black holes event horizon, where no light can escape the massive objects gravitational grip. The black holes powerful gravity distorts space around it like a funhouse mirror. Light from background stars is stretched and smeared as the stars skim by the black hole.NASA, ESA, and D. Coe, J. Anderson, and R. van der Marel (STScI)
If the idea of a black hole millions of…
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