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Stupendously large: How big can black holes get? - zqwerty - 08-10-2024

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241004-ultramassive-black-holes-the-biggest-black-holes-in-the-universe

This is very interesting, quite a long read but worthwhile.


RE: Stupendously large: How big can black holes get? - Oh_hunnihunni - 09-10-2024

How big?

Those opening moments in Sagan's 'Contact' movie explain it rather well. This huge planet of ours is merely a mote in the eye of our god...

We are smaller than dust.


RE: Stupendously large: How big can black holes get? - king1 - 09-10-2024

a good read...


RE: Stupendously large: How big can black holes get? - zqwerty - 10-10-2024

king1, thanks for letting me know.


RE: Stupendously large: How big can black holes get? - Oh_hunnihunni - 10-10-2024

This is fun...

https://www.iflscience.com/our-galaxy-appears-to-be-part-of-structure-so-large-it-challenges-our-models-of-cosmology-76252