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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole

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.

Reader comments

barnesJun 29, 2004 at 3:36PM

That sucks.

Stefan JonesJun 29, 2004 at 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.

barnesJul 02, 2004 at 8:06AM

Astronomy humor is underappreciated.

:-(

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