400 Years of the Telescope
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The largest known black hole in the known universe was discovered in January of 2008. It beats out its nearest competitor, the black hole in the heart of M87, by a factor of six. Located in the heart of a quasar called OJ287, it’s 3.5 billion light years away.
Photo from Dr. Jim Conwell, Eastern Illinois University.
What would it look like to fall into a black hole?
Andrew Hamilton and Gavin Polhemus of the University of Colorado, Boulder, programmed a computer simulation based on Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes gravity as a distortion of space and time.
Article & video: New Scientist, April 2009.
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