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Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected::Astronomers report an object that shines with a brightness equivalent to 500 trillion suns.

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

If it's a BLACK hole, how can it be bright?? Checkmate atheists

(I know what an accretion disc is, btw, you don't actually need to tell me)

[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 15 points 9 months ago

It's a very bright black, obviously. Duh

[–] Baahb@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

An accretion disc is...