Corey S Powell on Nostr: Warped light makes it possible to measure the black hole at the center of this ...

Warped light makes it possible to measure the black hole at the center of this galaxy, known as the "Cosmic Horseshoe."

It's a monster, 36 billion times as massive as the Sun, possibly the biggest black hole known.

Some very cool astrophysics sleuthing here!

https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/most-massive-black-hole-ever-discovered-detected #space #science #nature