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Scientists Determine Size of Black Hole in M83 Galaxy For First Time

Mar 03, 2014 03:06 PM EST | By Justin Stock

Scientists were recently able to figure out how big a black hole was for the first time.

Scientists from the United States, and Australia examined galaxy M83, and found the abnormalty named MQ1 Science Recorder reported Monday.

Scientists before this were not able to find out the size of the black holes before this in the galaxy.

"MQ1 is classed as a microquasar - a black hole surrounded by a bubble of hot gas, which is heated by two jets just outside the black hole, powerfully shooting out energy in opposite directions, acting like cosmic sandblasters pushing out on the surrounding gas," Dr. Roberta Soria, a research fellow at Curtin University told Science Recorder. Soria also belongs to the International Center for Radio Astronomy.

Soria oversaw the study, and aimed to find out the way the objects were formed, were developed, and perished similar to M83 Science Recorder reported

 "The significance of the huge jet power measured for MQ1 goes beyond this particular galaxy: it helps astronomers understand and quantify the strong effect that black hole jets have on the surrounding gas, which gets heated and swept away," Soria told Science Recorder. "By studying microquasars such as MQ1, we get a glimpse of how the early universe evolved, how fast quasars grew and how much energy black holes provided to their environment."

According to Space.com black holes fall into three kinds: stellar, supermassive, and intermediate.

Stellar black holes are less than the suns mass at 70 the amount Science Recorder reported.

Supermassive black holes measure millions the amount of the sun's mass. These are similar to the one at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.  

 M83, was found 250 years ago with a formation like the Milky Way, and is grouped with those most illuminated galaxy in space Science Recorder reported. 

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