Record massive black holes discovered lurking in monster galaxies
Monday, December 5, 2011 - 21:11
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using the Keck, Gemini and MacDonald observatories have discovered the largest black holes to date: Two monsters with masses equivalent to 10 billion suns that are threatening to consume anything, even light, within a region five times the size of our solar system. These monsters may be the remains of quasars that brightened the early universe.