‘Ultramassive’ black holes discovered in far-off galaxies

On: February 20, 2018

Thanks to data collected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope on galaxies up to 3.5 billion light years away from Earth, an international team of astrophysicists has detected what are likely to be the most massive black holes ever discovered in the universe. The team’s calculations showed that these ultramassive black holes are growing faster than the stars in their respective galaxies.

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