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19/06/22 19:15 PM IST

Scientists Find Black Hole Which Consumes Equivalent Of 1 Earth Every Second

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  • A black hole which is swallowing mass equivalent to an Earth each second has been spotted by astronomers. 
Highlights of the Findings 
  • This is the fastest-growing black hole of the last 9 billion years.
  • The discovery has been recently made by an international team led by astronomers from the Australian National University (ANU).
  • The black hole shines 7,000 times brighter than all the light from our own galaxy making it visible to well-equipped backyard astronomers.
  • The  black hole has the mass of three billion suns, while others of comparable size stopped growing so quickly billions of years ago.
  • The black hole is easily visible to anyone with a good telescope in a very dark backyard as it has a visual magnitude of 14.5.
  • It is 500 times bigger than the black hole in our own Galaxy.
Source- NDTV

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