ASKAP test finds "monster" black hole

Imagine trying on new pair of spectacles and when glancing around to test them you spot a monster—that's exactly what happened when the ASKAP antennas were turned towards a group of three merging galaxies 1.8 billion light years away. Knowing the speed of the gas they were able to directly measure the mass of the black hole that was causing the gas to swirl [Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team/AURA/B. Whitmore et al.]The monster...

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