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Where are all the medium-sized black holes?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Biggest Black Hole We've Ever Seen

Most galaxies have a super massive black hole at its center. Black holes in the centre of galaxies tend to be proportional to the mass of the galaxy. The smallest one we've seen is about 50 thousand times the mass of the sun. If you sneezed, your sneeze would get sucked up by that black hole right away. We should call that black hole gazentite.

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