Fastest growing black hole discovered and it's rapidly eating up the universe
dailystar.co.ukScientists claim they have found a black hole so large that our entire Solar System could fit behind its event horizon.And worringly, the black hole is taking Earth-sized bites of the universe, according to boffins from the Australian National University.Lead researcher Dr Christopher Onken said the discovery is like a "very large, unexpected needle in the haystack".Space.com reported that the newly discovered black hole is 500 times larger than the black hole at the center of the Milky Way and not even light can escape the hole's draw once it passes this demarcating line, or edge of the phenomenon."Astronomers have been hunting for objects like this for more than 50 years.
They have found thousands of fainter ones, but this astonishingly bright one had slipped through unnoticed," Onken added.The black hole is eight times brighter than 3C 273, the first-ever discovered quasar, a celestial object that expels particles at near-light speed as it tears away from a black hole's edges."Now we want to know why this one is different - did something catastrophic happen?
Perhaps two big galaxies crashed into each other, funneling a whole lot of material onto the black hole to feed it," Onken said.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our free newsletters here ."We are fairly confident this record will not be broken.
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