Black Holes Could Get So Humongous, Astronomers Came Up With a New Size Category
There are supermassive black holes. There are
ultramassive black holes. How large can these strange objects grow? Well, there could be something even bigger than ultramassive:
stupendously large black holes, according to the latest research.
Such hypothetical black holes - larger than 100 billion times the mass of the Sun - have been explored in a new paper which names them SLABs, an acronym that stands for Stupendously LArge Black holeS . We already know that black holes exist over a vast range of masses, with a supermassive black hole of 4 million solar masses residing at the centre of our own galaxy, explained astronomer Bernard Carr of Queen Mary University London.
Despite COVID-19 surge, thousands of students return to Houston classrooms for second semester
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Third graders raise their answers at the request of their teacher Yadira Sesher, foreground, at Calder Road Elementary on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Dickinson, Texas. More than 40,000 students have opted to return to campuses for instruction despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. In Dickinson ISD, 93 percent of students are back in their classrooms.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Third grade teacher Yadira Sesher, center, checks in on her students at Calder Road Elementary on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Dickinson, Texas. More than 40,000 students have opted to return to campuses for instruction despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. In Dickinson ISD, 93 percent of students are back in their classrooms.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
JOE BIDEN regretted the comments he made about former President Barack Obama in reference to his heritage in the run-up to the 2008 Presidential elections.