One of the ‘Heaviest’ Black Holes Known Has Been Discovered

Astronomers have made a surprising development regarding black holes. Located 2.7 billion light years from Earth Abell 1201 They detected the existence of one of the largest black holes to date, in a galaxy named According to the investigations and measurements, the mass of this black hole is 32.7 billion times the mass of the Sun. James Nightingale from Durham University in England stated that this black hole is at the upper limit in terms of size.

James Nightingale and his team to detect the massive black hole gravitational lensing took advantage of the phenomenon. According to this phenomenon, rays that should have traveled in a straight line became curved due to gravitational lensing. Experts, who first suspected Abell 1201 in 2003, became suspicious as a result of their studies. they are right they reached their conclusion. In this process, the team, using supercomputers and conducting tests, detected one of the largest known black holes.

Here is the image of that black hole

image above in 2017 withdrew. Experts say that this image means that there is a black hole at the center of Abell 1201. However, in the studies conducted at that time, it could not be understood whether the black hole was a black hole, and mass measurement could not be done. James Nightingale and his team have put an end to the debates that have been going on for years with the method they use.

The work done by James Nightingale and his team is significant. Because black holes can easily be spotted billions of light years away. cannot be detected. The British team’s research taught other astronomers what to actually do. Nightingale”The approach we use is far beyond our universe. more It could allow us to detect the black hole and reveal how these exotic objects evolved further in cosmic time.‘ he said.