"Scientists Discover Black Hole 12 Billion times More Massive Than the Sun"

In China, a group of researchers discovered a massive black hole they claim to be 12 billion times the size of the sun.  They claim that it was formed nearly 900 million years after the “big bang” happened.  Xue-Bing Wu, a researcher from Peking University spotted this black hole with his telescope while observing the universe in Yunnan, China.  This particular black hole is more that six times larger than any other hole known of at this time and is named SDSS J010013.02.  This has “the brightest quasar of the early universe.” according to a research group at the University of Arizona.  A quasar is a beacon of light powered by black holes due to matter being destroyed and heated to millions of degrees.  Wu from the University of Arizona stated "Just like the brightest lighthouse in the distant universe, its glowing light will help us to probe more about the early Universe."




Cullinane, Susannah. "Scientists Discover Black Hole 12 Billion Times Bigger Than The Sun."CNN. Cable News Network, 26 Feb. 2015. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/world/space-black-hole-new/index.html.