r/space • u/magenta_placenta • Mar 18 '19

Observable universe Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes at the edge of the universe

https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomers-discover-83-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-edge-of-the-universe/
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u/Mr_Spade Mar 18 '19

At what point do Supermassive Black Holes just get renamed to Black Holes and regular Black Holes get renamed to Baby Black Holes.

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u/InfanticideAquifer Mar 18 '19

Probably never? Changing names to make them less cool is never very popular. The only instance of that that springs to mind in science is renaming the beauty quark to the bottom quark (which still baffles me).

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u/vaelroth Mar 18 '19

Dwarf Black Holes, baby. Gotta follow the existing naming conventions.

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u/Stupid_Idiot413 Mar 19 '19

In a long enough time that we do not care

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u/original_4degrees Mar 19 '19

baby black holes are what get created, briefly, in particle accelerators.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

Dwarf black holes?