"Astronomers discovered a massive black hole 200 million light years away. It’s called NGC 1600 and is 17 billion times larger than the sun.

Despite its huge size, it’s still not the largest black hole ever discovered by scientists.

The largest one is 21 billion times larger than the sun. Such huge black holes weigh 10 billion suns and are usually found in densely populated areas.

According to the MASSIVE Survey, which studies large galaxies, NGC 1600 is discovered in a region with only 20 galaxies. As the NASA experts say it’s like finding a skyscraper in a tiny town. Scientists determined the size of the black hole by measuring the stars’ movement within its influence.

They used the Gemini Observatory telescopes in Chile and Hawaii. Lead astronomer Chung-Pei Ma explained that the stars were moving extremely fast and the only explanation for that is if they are influenced by a region with “a 17-billion-solar-mass black hole at the center.”

One explanation for the huge size of the black hole is that it was created by 2 black holes, which merged together after their galaxies were smashed one with the other. The latest discovery scientifically proves that huge black holes can also exist in smaller galaxies, too."



http://60abc.com/astronomers-find-a-supersized-black-hole-in-a-cosmic-small-town/

That picture looks real, I believe it.

kinda obvious

Years ago it woulda been properly label as an Artist Illustration, where today that just seems to be inferred as the Art actually lends itself to if not "confirms" credibility of the assumption. It's sorta like the issue of how Women portrayed in advertising should not be airbrushed into someone's ideal perfection.
Sorta similar if you really think about it too cause you know those same science nerds grew up getting their idea of women from comic books illustrations. The unbelievable part of the story here would be if you told me that guy ever went on a date, the apple never falls far from the tree is more ways than one.

Looks like Christmas

This is not news

This is where all the Christmas trees go in January.

Excellent...

I wonder if an intelligent life form has ever entered a black hole somewhere in the universe...

"The largest one is 21 billion times larger than the sun. Such huge black holes weigh 10 billion suns and are usually found in densely populated areas."

Maybe that was a typo but I don't see how that could possibly be correct....a black hole is far denser than the sun and therefore being 21 billion times larger would weigh far more than even 21 billion suns