noaoann15009 — Announcement

Astronomers find ‘teeny supermassive black hole’

21 August 2015

Discovered in dwarf galaxy RGG118, the petite black hole, only 50,000 times the mass of the sun, is the smallest supermassive black hole to date. NOAO Hubble Fellow Amy Reines is a coauthor on the study.

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Astronomers find ‘teeny supermassive black hole’
Astronomers find ‘teeny supermassive black hole’