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This Black Hole is Terrifying, Called 'Hell of the Universe'

This Black Hole is Terrifying, Called 'Hell of the Universe' Photo: Giant black holes may lurk in the hearts of more galaxies than we previously thought. (Photo: NASA, ESA, D Coe, J Anderson, R. van der Marel, STScI) -  Scientists may have discovered the most terrifying place in the universe, after discovering the fastest black hole ever recorded.  A team from the Australian National University led by professor Christian Wolf, said the giant object, estimated to be 17 billion times the mass of our Sun, is also the brightest known object in the universe and offers a window intoPeer inside to see the past, right after the Big Bang.  "We were very surprised to find this object," Wolf said as quoted by Newsweek.  SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The results of the research, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, were first detected using a 2.3 meter telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australian National University.  However, its full nature can