The discovery of the largest black hole is attracting attention. The discovery of this largest black hole or black hole has been confirmed by a number of astronomers. This giant black hole adds to the list of discoveries in world astronomy.
Biggest Black Hole Discovery, About 2.7 Billion Light Years Away
Black holes or what we can call black holes are some single objects with the most passive capabilities in outer space. Actually, the discovery of this kind of black hole is not the first time.
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Previously, astronomers had discovered a very large black hole and named it TON 618. So big, this black hole weighs up to 40 billion of the mass of the Sun.
This black hole is around 18.2 billion light years from Earth. The discovery of this black hole occurred in 1957. To be precise, from the Mexican Tonantzintla Observatory.
After making a series of observations, astronomers can conclude that there is strong radiation from matter that falls into the black hole. Initially, astronomers were unsure and they thought that only blue stars were faint.
Now, the discovery of the biggest black hole repeated. However, if we compare it with the largest black hole, TON 618 is still superior in terms of size.
Size
The largest black hole that astronomers have just discovered, has a size of up to 30 billion times more than the mass of the Sun. The existence of a black hole from Earth is very far away, in the cluster of galaxies Abell 1201.
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Judging by its size, this black hole is eight times larger than the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Meanwhile, it has a distance of approximately 2.7 billion light years from Earth.
The discovery of this largest black hole is very encouraging news. How not, this discovery is a very good step for astronomers to know and understand the process of the formation of these black holes so that they can grow large.
Further Revolution
Of the many discoveries of very large black holes, almost all of them are in an active state. Around the black hole there is material that is attracted then closer to the hole.
After that, the black hole will release energy. This loose energy is manifold. It can be in the form of light, X-rays, or other radiation.
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However, gravitational lensing suggests another possibility for studying inactive black holes. Unfortunately, being at such a great distance, it was nearly impossible to do so.
The good news is that this approach gives us the possibility to detect even more black holes. Through the discovery of this largest black hole, we can reveal the process of exotic objects evolving farther from the cosmic age. (R10/HR-Online)
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