Astronomers just discovered One of the biggest Black holes ever
The massive celestial body lies about 700 million light-years away
Black holes are the scavengers of the Universe, gobbling up anything & everything that comes their way. Even the light can’t escape them. One exists in every galaxy. Usually, these bodies of intense density devour all energy and matter that comes in their path thus creating a point of infinite density at the center called the singularity. The best example of an Apocalypse scenario would be a planet crossing path with one such black hole.
The black holes also create jet streams of electromagnetic radiation — X-rays, Radio waves, optical & infrared rays circling the black hole at immense speeds. These are the by-products when the black holes feed on stars, gas and dust. A detailed description of how black holes work is in the infographic above.
Recently Our very own supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* was observed to have grown 75 times brighter than usual over a two hour time period. This was a significant cosmic event considering it is not very active and doesn’t fluctuate much in brightness. Tuan Do, an astronomer with the University of California Los Angeles told Science Alert about the incident.
