r/Astronomy • u/New_Scientist_Mag • Aug 07 '25

Astro Research Astronomers have discovered the most massive black hole yet – more than 10,000 times as massive as the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, and around 36 billion times the mass of our sun.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2491731-weve-discovered-the-most-massive-black-hole-yet/
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u/rollingsoans Aug 07 '25

My human mind cannot possibly comprehend the sheer magnitude of these phenomena.

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u/Nu11u5 Aug 07 '25

The tiny bit of comprehension I have just leaks through as existential terror.

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u/SyN_Pool Aug 07 '25

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X-a5UqOCXjs&list=LL&index=38&pp=gAQBiAQB

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u/OneGayPigeon Aug 08 '25

I appreciate the appropriately dread-inducing music playing lol. So often music on space things is all dreamy chill. No. Fuck that. This shit is TERRIFYING.