Hungry, hungry black hole would take only two days to eat the mass of our sun

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Even black holes get hungry.

Astronomers have just discovered a black hole that's growing faster than any other black hole yet found in the universe. 

If the sun were to fall into this incredibly dense cosmic object, it would only take two days for the black hole to devour it, the scientists behind the new discovery have said.

The supermassive black hole — which is located billions of light-years away — is thought to be the mass of 20 billion suns and grows by about 1 percent every 1 million years, according to the new study detailing the discovery of the black hole.  Read more...

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Hungry, hungry black hole would take only two days to eat the mass of our sun Hungry, hungry black hole would take only two days to eat the mass of our sun Reviewed by mimisabreena on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Rating: 5

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