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Tilt, did you lose a black hole?
These scientist find a huge one

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071031/sc_afp/usastronomy2_071031201428

US astronomers have discovered the biggest black hole orbiting a star 1.8 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, with a record-setting mass of 24 to 33 times that of our Sun, NASA said Tuesday.

Artist portrayal looks like a novel cover :)


last edited: 11/01/07 4:28:18 AM
Hyway to Hell
4:26:48 AM
11/01/07

Here it is magnified a bajillion times





Sorry, I couldn't resist
Jackstraw
4:30:07 AM
11/01/07

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