"Record-breaking Black Hole Devours Sun Daily, Shines Brightest Among Celestial Objects"
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Astronomers have observed the most luminous object ever, a black hole with a mass of 17 billion suns, known as J0529-4351, which is swallowing a mass greater than the sun every day. This supermassive black hole, located 12 billion light years away, is powered by material falling into it from the surrounding galaxy. Its extreme luminosity makes it a significant tool for future study of quasars and black hole growth, and a new instrument called Gravity+ will provide a direct measurement of its mass.
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- The accretion of a solar mass per day by a 17-billion solar mass black hole Nature.com
- Is This Black Hole the Hungriest and the Brightest? The New York Times
- Scientists have found a black hole so large it eats the equivalent of one sun per day NPR
- Brightest quasar ever seen is powered by black hole that eats a 'sun a day' Space.com
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