Largest Black Hole Measured 170
porkpickle tips us to a BBC article on the quasar OJ287, a binary object containing largest black hole yet discovered, weighing in at 18 billion times the mass of Sol. Researchers were able to estimate its mass due to the presence of a smaller black hole in orbit around it. When the smaller companion's orbit intersects OJ287's accretion disk, once every 12 years, it triggers a burst of radiation that was detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. More detail and a diagram are available on the Turku University site.
Wow. (Score:5, Funny)
Proctologists across the globe swoon!
so is Rosie orbiting Oprah, or vice versa? (Score:2, Funny)
Ask slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
That was serious, here's the link [uncyclopedia.org] to the non-serious. More there...
When it comes to choosing neighbors, (Score:3, Funny)
Ugh, the jokes aren't even funny anymore... (Score:2, Funny)
Need a better measurement comparison (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but how many Twinkies is that?
Re:Need a better measurement comparison (Score:5, Funny)
correction: 325 AU (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Need a better measurement comparison (Score:4, Funny)
-nB
And so... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:that's a lot (Score:5, Funny)
Re:eh? I don't get it? (Score:2, Funny)
I see they used the term "Sol" (Score:3, Funny)