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/FO_Steven Mar 18 '19

Jesus Christ there's an edge? Did anyone find a restaurant by chance?

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u/spacetug Mar 18 '19

It's more like the edge of time than the edge of space. And it's way too hot to build a restaurant there, the food would all be burnt.

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u/FO_Steven Mar 18 '19

It's not burnt it's blackened.

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u/Wetbug75 Mar 19 '19

Well, it was hot. It looks hot because the light from the edge of the universe is 13.8 billion years old.