The black hole consumes the equivalent of one earth per second. 9News
The black hole consumes the equivalent of one earth per second, according to an international team led by astronomers from the Australian National University inAstronomers said the black hole is visible to anyone with a decent telescope in a very dark backyard, as it shines 7000 brighter than all the light from our own galaxy.Scientists say they have discovered the fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years.
They believe the black hole has the mass of three billion suns, while others of a comparable size stopped growing so quickly billions of years ago.and has been submitted to be peer-reviewed by scientific journalLead researcher Dr Christopher Onken said astronomers "have been hunting for objects like this for more than 50 years".
"They have found thousands of fainter ones, but this astonishingly bright one had slipped through unnoticed," Onken said.
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