Ton 618, 40B solar mass(en.wikipedia.org)
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Ton 618, 40B solar mass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TON_618
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Am I reading this wrong?
According to the wiki article, the quasar is 16 bn light years away, but the light we see from it is only 10 bn years old?
According to the wiki article, the quasar is 16 bn light years away, but the light we see from it is only 10 bn years old?
Duh! Thanks.
But we usually don’t speak that way about things that might be thousands or millions of light years away but I bet at those “small” scales the difference might be negligible in conversation.
But we usually don’t speak that way about things that might be thousands or millions of light years away but I bet at those “small” scales the difference might be negligible in conversation.
Another[0] black hole relatively close to Earth has an event horizon diameter 14 miles wide.
0: https://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery/the-smallest-know...