The Largest Black Hole in the Universe: Journey to the Depths of Space

🌌Black holes are highly dense regions in space with immense gravitational force that even light cannot escape.

⭐️Stellar black holes are the most common and can have a diameter of up to 57 miles, while supermassive black holes are even larger.

🪐Sagittarius A*, located at the center of the Milky Way, has a mass equal to 4 million suns.

🌌The black hole at the center of the Andromeda galaxy is larger than Jupiter's orbit and contains the mass of 140 million suns.

🌌The largest known black hole, Ton 618, has a mass equal to 66 billion suns and a diameter of 242 billion miles.

What is a black hole?

—A black hole is a highly dense region in space with gravitational force so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.

How are black holes formed?

—Black holes can be formed when massive stars collapse under their own gravity or when two neutron stars merge.

Do black holes only exist in our galaxy?

—No, black holes exist throughout the universe, and there are billions of them in our galaxy alone.

Can anything escape from a black hole?

—No, nothing can escape from a black hole due to its strong gravitational force.

Are there black holes larger than Ton 618?

—Currently, Ton 618 is the largest known black hole in the universe.

00:04Introduction to the topic of black holes and their fascination.

00:39Overview of the different types of black holes, from stellar black holes to supermassive black holes.

02:46Description of Sagittarius A*, which is located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

03:29Introduction to the black hole at the center of the Andromeda galaxy, which is larger than Jupiter's orbit.

04:21Introduction to the black hole at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy, which is 24 billion miles across.

04:58Introduction to the largest known black hole, Ton 618, which has a mass equal to 66 billion suns and a diameter of 242 billion miles.