08-04-2016 12:52 via indianexpress.com

Supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion Suns found in an unlikely place

Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion Suns, in the centre of a galaxy.
Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion Suns, in the centre of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the universe, indicating that these monster objects may be more common than once thought.
Until now, the biggest supermassive black holes – those with masses around 10 billion times that of our Sun –
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