There was one of the most massive black holes

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO, European Southern Observatory) found in another galaxy black hole, the star whose mass is about 15 times larger than the Sun, which puts it in second place among the most massive black holes, previously discovered by scientists. In addition, it absorbs a star that will soon become part of the black hole.

Drawing a black hole, absorbing star:




The black hole is located in the spiral galaxy NGC 300, entitled, six million light-years from our Earth.







The black hole was detected using Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile.