Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole

Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole JUN 29 2004

Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole that's 10 billion times the mass of the sun and is big enough to hold 1,000 of our solar systems within it.

There are 3 reader comments

barnes36 29 2004 3:36PM

That sucks.

Stefan Jones32 29 2004 5:32PM

You can rent a dog in there, but it will get shredded to its components atoms before you have a chance to enjoy it.

barnes06 02 2004 8:06AM

Astronomy humor is underappreciated.

:-(

This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.

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