Thursday, October 9, 2014

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Hungry black hole eats faster than thought possible

Posted: 08 Oct 2014 10:13 AM PDT

Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is consuming gas from a nearby star 10 times faster than previously thought possible. The black hole -- known as P13 -- lies on the outskirts of the galaxy NGC7793 about 12 million light years from Earth and is ingesting a weight equivalent to 100 billion billion hot dogs every minute.

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