Science Source Stock Photo - PKS 0745, Black Hole, X-Ray

PKS 0745, Black Hole, X-Ray

Description: The black hole at the center of this galaxy is part of a survey of 18 of the biggest black holes in the universe. This large elliptical galaxy is in the center of the galaxy cluster PKS 0745-19, which is located about 1.3 billion light years from Earth. The researchers found that these black holes may be about ten times more massive than previously thought, with at least ten of them weighing between 10 and 40 billion times the mass of the sun. All of the potential ultramassive black holes found in this study lie in galaxies at the centers of galaxy clusters containing huge amounts of hot gas. To generate the outbursts, the black holes must swallow large amounts of mass. Because the largest black holes can swallow the most mass and power the biggest outbursts, ultramassive black holes had already been predicted to exist to explain some of the most powerful outbursts seen. Release date December 18, 2012.

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NASA/CXC/Stanford/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2576155

Legacy Identifier: BY4632

Type: Image

Size: 3600px × 3324px (~34 MB)

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