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Behind the fastest-growing supermassive black hole discovery
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:06:12
Publish Date: 2022-06-22 11:58:51
Description:

Astronomers have discovered the fastest-growing supermassive black hole of the last 9 billion years - and it's believed to be swallowing the equivalent of Earth each second. We speak to Lead Researcher behind the discovery, Dr. Christopher Olken. Meanwhile, a comet once spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope, and has the width of six Jupiters, is getting closer to Earth to see.


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