36 Billion Suns: Record Black Hole Discovery Could Be as Big as They Get

36 Billion Suns: Record Black Hole Discovery Could Be as Big as They Get

A black hole deep in the cosmos, some 5 billion light-years away, could be the most massive ever found.

Astronomers Uncover Record-Breaking Black Hole in Cosmic Horseshoe Galaxy

Astronomers discovered a dormant black hole weighing 36 billion solar masses, the most massive ever observed, in the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy 5 billion light-years away. The black hole was detected using gravitational lensing and stellar kinematics, bypassing traditional methods and revealing its immense gravitational influence. This ultramassive black hole defies galaxy evolution models, being far larger than expected for its host galaxy, sugges…

Astronomers spot black hole 36 billion times the mass of the Sun

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil collaborated on the study, which was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Read Entire Article

A 36 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Detected Thanks To Gravitational Lensing

Astronomers from Brazil and the UK have detected what could be the most massive black hole ever found. It's about 36 billion solar masses, which is a stunning 10,000 times more massive than Sagittarius A*, the monstrous supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. This behemoth is about 5 billion light-years away.