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• Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole’s event horizon, where no light can escape the massive object’s gravitational grip. The black hole’s powerful gravity distorts space around it like a funhouse mirror. Light from background stars is stretched and smeared as the stars skim by the black hole. Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the universe. The observations, made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Telescope in Hawaii, may indicate that these monster objects may be more common than once thought. Until now, the biggest supermassive black holes – those roughly 10 billion times the mass of our sun – have been found at the cores of very large galaxies in regions of the universe packed with other large galaxies. In fact, the current record holder tips the scale at 21 billion suns and resides in the crowded Coma galaxy cluster that consists of over 1,000 galaxies. Credits: NASA, ESA, and D. Coe, J. Anderson, and R. van der Marel (STScI) by nasagoddard

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• Science Release: Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place http://bit.ly/1qsjDm4

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• “Behemoth Black Hole found in an Unlikely Place” from NASA [2243×2219] via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/1SQoDtN

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• Cubans React to President Obama’s Visit (15 photos) http://theatln.tc/1UWCClz

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• Computer-Simulated Image of a Supermassive Black Hole http://bit.ly/1PUlJj4

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• Hubble view of Spiral Galaxy M101 [5545 × 2877] via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/1quxRCL

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• meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://bit.ly/1UIK6Zb

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• Indian Ocean js http://bit.ly/2080pyd

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• Computer-Simulated Image of a Supermassive Black Hole via NASA http://go.nasa.gov/1ROGdMd

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• Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft: Data from Year two [680×380] via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/1Xhkgt7

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• Green valley near Canmore, Alberta, Canada [4479 x 3359px] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://bit.ly/1Wcw9Ci

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• The Matterhorn lighted for the 150th anniversary celebration (20 shot stitch) | by Ennio Pozzetti. [2000×722] via /r/EarthPorn http://bit.ly/1WckmDO

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• “Boreray is a wild, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. Home to a great Gannet colony, it was a gloomy evening when my boat arrived, but just as a bit of sunlight poked through thousands of birds flew out to meet us.” [2048×1365] Photo by Jim Richardson via /r/EarthPorn http://bit.ly/1PTYFkC

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• Frölunda Nature Reserve, Sweden [OC] [2048 x 1365] via /r/EarthPorn http://bit.ly/23h2M3C

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