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High-school student accidentally discovers black hole 'light echo' twice as wide as the Milky Way
"It was a real surprise to stumble upon this," Shapiro told Live Science. The object, which he believes to be a light echo, ...
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17-Year-Old Discovers Black Hole Echo Bigger Than the Milky Way
A high school student in New York has stumbled onto a massive discovery — a cosmic light echo possibly spanning twice the width of the Milky Way. While scanning space for signs of dying stars, 17-year ...
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A high school student accidentally discovered the remains of the largest black hole — twice as wide as the Milky Way
Shapiro believes that the diameter of the echo of a black hole is about 150-250 thousand light-years across, which is about 1.5-2 times the width of the Milky Way galaxy. As the high school student ...
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High-school student accidentally discovers black hole 'light echo' twice as wide as the Milky Way
A color image of the newly discovered black hole light echo candidate, which may be one of the biggest ever found. | Credit: Julian Shapiro, Chilescope T1 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Long after the black ...