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- cowcowmoomoo1, on 03/19/2008, -8/+155How do we know it's the biggest in the universe? The universe is pretty darn big...
- zerohelix, on 03/19/2008, -6/+88Not another Paris Hilton movie...
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -3/+68You're not serious, right? You do know black holes emit no light, making them practically invisible?
- 1337Einstein, on 03/19/2008, -0/+48It's not so simple, the object(which as a black hole can only be suggested by its effects on its surroundings, and cannot be viewed directly) is 3.5 billion light years away, and at 18 billion solar masses would only have a Schwarzschild radius(aka radius of the event horizon) of 5.6x10^-3 light years. This object would be nigh impossible to observe in absence of the occasional bursts of energy discussed in the article.
- kashem, on 03/19/2008, -0/+44Waiting for obligatory "it's a trap!" ASCII art...
- loganhid, on 03/19/2008, -7/+40The black hole totally sucks
- exomni, on 03/19/2008, -1/+32More evidence for Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Science: it works, bitches. - aaoral, on 03/19/2008, -0/+26Oh *****!!! Someone divided by zero!!!
- canthraxp, on 03/19/2008, -0/+24Spacial Goatse!
- 1337Einstein, on 03/19/2008, -0/+20I must correct one statement I made (sorry didn't even think of this before the edit time elapsed) I stated "This object would be nigh impossible to observe..." this s not entirely accurate, what I should have said, and this applies to any black hole, it would be extremely difficult to discover in the absence of the outbursts, however following its discovery we would have enough data to know where to look in the future so observation and study of the object becomes far more feasible.
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -0/+19Thank you Stephen Hawking
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -1/+19Because the cheese reflects light. Unlike a black hole.
- EarlOfLade, on 03/19/2008, -1/+17It WAS 18 billion Msol 3.5 billion years ago, it's a lot bigger today!
- ripple123, on 03/19/2008, -1/+16seriously, thats just entirely too big. we should lodge a complaint.
- DeskFlyer, on 03/19/2008, -0/+15The quoted statement still implies that it's the biggest in the universe....
- Adrian540, on 03/19/2008, -1/+16It kind of looks like the eye of sauron!
- dngermouse, on 03/19/2008, -0/+14what?
- vroom101, on 03/19/2008, -0/+13More information for OJ287
1. http://www.astro.utu.fi/news/061020a.shtml
2. http://www.astro.utu.fi/OJ287MMVI/
3. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13166-bigg ... - almightyzam, on 03/19/2008, -0/+12You guys all need to chill...i'm pretty sure sjbdallas was just joking...
- mburk, on 03/19/2008, -5/+17Can you not be such a nitpicky bastard? Let's rephrase the title to make you happy "Scientists Discover Largest Black Hole Yet Observed"
- dn11, on 03/19/2008, -2/+14This digg is here by dedicated to Sir Arthur C. Clarke. This is the kind of news story that sparked his imagination as it does ours - and this is the kind of discovery that lead to many of his great stories.
- sjbdallas, on 03/19/2008, -56/+68Seems like something that big would be hard to miss. Did someone just take the lens cap off the telescope or what?
- exomni, on 03/19/2008, -3/+14Why is this ridiculously ignorant comment being dugg up?
- LoreleileeLong, on 03/19/2008, -0/+11This is massive news.
- uberblood, on 03/19/2008, -1/+12sigh, two million*
- LonesomeFighter, on 03/19/2008, -1/+11false. if you truly had a girlfriend you would be too scared to write that in fear she would find out.
- SciFiDrive, on 03/19/2008, -0/+9I'm glad its not approaching our galaxy... right?
- greenlight2001, on 03/19/2008, -1/+10Here's a trap: (o)
- LeggoMyEgo, on 03/19/2008, -0/+7spiderman 2? still rather forced.
- unearth, on 03/19/2008, -1/+82 * 9000 = 18
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -1/+8photoshop
- da_bradler, on 03/19/2008, -0/+7if you look up into the sky and stick out your thumb in front of you, in the space your thumb takes up there are millions of galaxies directly behind it, there is no way that mankind will ever be able to look at every single one, not to mention discover ones that are not visible directly.
I mean pluto was found by a fluke, there could be a 100 plutos out just as far and thousands after it but unless we know where to look before hand it's like trying to spot a single speck of dust in earths orbit with a pair of binoculars.
people simply fail to understand the vast amazing amount of space that is out there. turning my head from left to right while looking into space I am glancing over millions of light years worth of distance. - nhd4me, on 03/19/2008, -0/+6Anything more than 10 billion is just showing off
- sgtbutterscotch, on 03/19/2008, -8/+14You're not serious, right? Black holes absorb visible light, they don't just not emit it. For instance, take a block of non-bioengineered cheese. This cheese emits no light, but one can clearly still see it, assuming one is not blind and the cheese is right in front of one's face.
- DrMonkeyLove, on 03/19/2008, -0/+6Dammit people!!! We are talking about black holes, not ... black ... holes... crap! Never mind!
- widoka, on 03/19/2008, -0/+6its effects*
- GruntboyX, on 03/19/2008, -2/+8so is this were all the wii's have disappeared too?
- carpespasm, on 03/19/2008, -1/+6wish they could make a battery powered by it, that thing would last a long ass time.
- mali1, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5I just had a deja-vu after seeing this story.
- sgtbutterscotch, on 03/19/2008, -3/+8Good job getting my point. I was trying to correct mooseontheloose that black holes are practically invisible because they absorb most light, not because they don't emit light.
- aaoral, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5It's over 9000!!!!
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5Invisible means not able to be seen. They're invisible. I didn't say undetectable.
- OnlyGirlOnDigg, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5Biggest in the universe? That's a pretty bold statement. Are you really sure about that one?
- Stormwern, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5***THE TITLE IS INCORRECT***
It's not the size of a galaxy, there's not enough matter in the universe for one that big! It has the wheight of a galaxy and the size of a small moon. - AaronStatic, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4would you prefer the story to be "Hey we found a quasar, it might be pretty big but we haven't had time to confirm it yet"?
- elimrawne, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4the cheese also smells :-P
- jemka, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4In Spiderman 2 Octavius rises up on his mechanical arms while saying "once again, holding the power of the sun in the palm of my hands!"
- asherchang, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4I EAT ROCKS
AND I BREATHE WIND
IVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD
AND BACK AGAIN
ive lost the static
and the grey is gone
ive got the power of
A MILLION EXPLODING SUNS!! - Spudster, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4Failed joke crashes and burns!
- Condottieri, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4Your name suits you.
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