Although the measurements are somewhat indirect and size estimation is still in question, the quasar identified as S5 0014+81 is believed to be powered by the largest black hole discovered to date. Its Schwarzschild radius would be about 237 billion kilometers, or about 47 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto, and mass would be about 40 billion times that of the Sun.
Black hole is a location in space that possesses so much gravity, nothing can escape from its pull. Yes, Super massive black hole is the largest black hole.
Black holes can be found anywhere in space.There are 2 types of black holes.Stellar and super massive black holes.Super massive black holes can be found in the middle of every galaxy including our own milky way.Stellar black holes can be found anywhere in space.
A super massive black hole.
A super massive black hole.
Which one?
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All galaxy's contain one or up to 2 (that we know of) super massive black holes. these keep all the stars, planets everything together. Everything in the galaxy orbits the super massive black hole. It is also a theory that there is a much larger black hole than a super massive black hole, (about a thousand times bigger) in the centre of the universe.
It is hypothesized that almost all galaxies have super massive black holes in their center.
It's generally believed that galaxies first formed around "ordinary" black holes and over time, they grew into super massive black holes as stars were slowly "consumed" by the black hole.
The rock group Muse plays "Supermassive Black Hole".
Quasars are thought to be distant super-massive black holes.
We don't have a clue. The nearest black hole to the Earth is a long way away, and we believe that very massive - SUPER-massive - black holes may exist at the centers of many galaxies. How large they might be is entirely speculative. The sizes of black holes are generally estimated by mass, not by distance; "100,000 solar masses", for example. * Added - The name of the largest known black hole is OJ 287 with a mass estimated at 18 billion solar masses.