The ultramassive black hole, one of just four ever observed, is more than 30 billion times the mass of the Sun. theSun theSundaily astronomy blackhole milkyway galaxy space
This handout image released on June 10, 2022 by ESA Hubble, shows an artist’s impression of a black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, which distorts light passing near it creating a phenomenon known as “gravitational lensing”. AFPPIX: One of the largest black holes ever recorded has been discovered using a new technique that could spot thousands more of the insatiable celestial monsters in the coming years, according to astronomers.
James Nightingale, an astronomer at the UK’s Durham University and the study’s lead author, told AFP the process was “similar to shining light through the base of a wine glass”. Supermassive black holes sit at the centre of galaxies using their vast gravitational pull to gobble up stars like specks of dust, not even allowing light to escape.
There are currently around 500 known gravitational lenses -- at least one of which we now know is a supermassive black hole.The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, planned to launch into space in July, will open a “big data era” for black hole hunters by creating a huge high resolution map of the universe, he said.
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