Texas-Sized Computer Finds Most Massive Black Hole -- 6.4 Billion Solar Masses
Astronomers at the University of Texas and the Max Planck Institute have used new computer modeling techniques to discover that the black hole at the heart of M87 is two to three times more massive than previously thought. Weighing in at 6.4 billion times the Sun's mass, it is the most massive black hole yet measured and suggests that the accepted black hole masses in nearby large galaxies may be off by similar amounts. This has consequences for theories of how galaxies form and grow.
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It is just another way of saying we don't understand<br>GRAVITY..It is P.C. for physicists to say that black holes are a proven fact, they are not....<br>dark matter, dark energy, BIG BANG,red shift, et al, all euphemisms for gravity...GRAVITY is the holy grail.<br>Listen to any physicists / cosmologists talk, and if the subject of GRAVITY comes up, they all go into vapor lock, and change the subject as fast as possible. If you think about it, a much better and more descriptive name for a black hole would be a gravity well, but they hate using the G word.<br>Orion314<br>
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