List of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Spotted by Astronomers

Some of these are INSANE…

Here is a fun look at the largest black holes in the universe, as well as a perspective in size to our own galaxy and solar system:

Our Milky Way may harbor millions of black holes… the ultra dense remnants of dead stars. But now, in the universe far beyond our galaxy, there’s evidence of something far more ominous. A breed of black holes that has reached incomprehensible size and destructive power. Just how large, and violent, and strange can they get?

Yes, a lot of the strangeness observed is from astronomical modeling and some from advancements in telescopes such as the hubble.

It is hard to get one’s mind around the concept of black holes.  One teaspoon can be estimated to have tons and tons of weight.  They are so dense that many times light cannot even escape.  or at least that is what astronomers think.  Are they right?

Let’s see if you know any of these enormous structures.

Here is more information on the advacements in astronomy enabling the observation of such phenomenon:

A new era in astronomy has revealed a universe long hidden to us. High-tech instruments sent into space have been tuned to sense high-energy forms of light — x-rays and gamma rays — that are invisible to our eyes and do not penetrate our atmosphere. On the ground, precision telescopes are equipped with technologies that allow them to cancel out the blurring effects of the atmosphere. They are peering into the far reaches of the universe, and into distant caldrons of light and energy. In some distant galaxies, astronomers are now finding evidence that space and time are being shattered by eruptions so vast they boggle the mind.
We are just beginning to understand the impact these outbursts have had on the universe: On the shapes of galaxies, the spread of elements that make up stars and planets, and ultimately the very existence of Earth. The discovery of what causes these eruptions has led to a new understanding of cosmic history. Back in 1995, the Hubble space telescope was enlisted to begin filling in the details of that history. Astronomers selected tiny regions in the sky, between the stars. For days at a time, they focused Hubble’s gaze on remote regions of the universe.
These hubble Deep Field images offered incredibly clear views of the cosmos in its infancy. What drew astronomers’ attention were the tiniest galaxies, covering only a few pixels on Hubble’s detector. Most of them do not have the grand spiral or elliptical shapes of large galaxies we see close to us today.

We hope you like the video as these are truly fascinating phenomenon and likely hold a lot of the answers to our universe.  Check back for updates as new data comes in within the next year.