Supermassive Black Hole In NGC 1277 Galaxy Among Biggest Discovered

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A supermassive black hole discovered by University of Texas researchers ranks among the largest ever observed.

The enormous black hole is located in NGC 1277, a small, lenticular galaxy 250 million light years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, Space.com reports.

The black hole’s event horizon — the “point of no return” within which nothing can escape — has a diameter 11 times greater than Neptune’s orbit around the Sun, according to a written statement issued by the university’s McDonald Observatory in Austin.

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Galaxy NGC 1277, shown here in a Hubble Space Telescope image, may contain the

largest black hole ever discovered.

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Hubble Telescope Marks 22nd Anniversary Of Launch Into Space (PHOTOS)

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The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, ushering in a new era in space exploration.

From its low-earth orbit, the telescope can take pictures without interference from the planet’s atmosphere, snapping photographs in visible light, ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths.

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This Week In Science History, May 20-27 (SLIDESHOW)

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You know John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth–his Mercury capsule circled the Earth three times before splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.  But who was the second U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth? Don’t know? Don’t worry–you’ll find out in HuffPost Science’s debut “This Week In Science History” slideshow.

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