A rapidly expanding black hole got spotted by researchers from the Australia National University (ANU), and it still grows in the present, as the study authors saw it using the SkyMapper Telescope in the university. The Supermassive black hole is bigger than the one in the center of the Milky Way, and it still expands by this time, making it one dangerous space anomaly present.
ANU: Rapidly Expanding Black Hole Spotted by Researchers
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A news release by ANU talks about research that looked into a newly discovered black hole, and it claims to be the fastest-growing void in the last nine billion years. The black hole is easily distinguishable as it shines 500 times brighter than the Milky Way galaxy and is available for spotting using a telescope here on Earth.
Dr. Christopher Onken led the international team that studied that black hole, and he brought the team to research the space void that was an unexpected one that they saw in the skies. The research said that it is like a needle in the haystack that the team unexpectedly found during their surveying, and it is one to reveal itself due to its appearance.
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Supermassive Black Hole: SkyMapper Telescope saw its Dangers
The ANU researchers used the university's SkyMapper Telescope to spot the black hole from afar. It saw how much power it possesses, using its technology to identify its initial intensity. The quasar is known as "SMSS J114447.77- 430859.3" and is capable of devouring 1 Earth per second.
It means that coming close to this space void would immediately suck in the planet and everything in it.
Black Holes in Space
There are many black holes in space now, and most of them are still undiscovered by researchers as only a few that studies have spotted using their telescopes and technology. One black hole is spotted in the cosmic halo, and researchers said it is 15 million times larger than the Solar System's central star.
While the public fears the black holes as they can effectively devour a planet and take them to an unknown place, NASA recorded its audio and mixed it into a "sonification remix" that people may listen to via its websites.
It still does not denounce the fact that these space anomalies are dangerous without having explanations for their origins and why they exist in the celestial heavens.
There is an impending doom that a black hole may appear near the galaxy and eradicate life as we know it. So far, there are no close ones within the Solar System.
Black holes in space are massive and categorized as dangerous entities in the universe. There is no telling when black holes will appear or exact their damage to the planet, as humans can only determine, study, and keep tabs on its location in the present.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
