Massive black holes shatter record [video]
Posted by staff / December 6, 2011
An international team of astronomers has discovered two gigantic black holes with masses about 10 billion times the mass of our sun.
These black holes have a mass more than 50 percent greater than any other previously measured.
“They may be the dormant remains of quasars that were extremely luminous billions of years ago,” says James Graham, a professor at the University of Toronto and founding member of the team behind the discovery.
Full story at Futurity.
Photo credit: University of Toronto
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