Sunday, June 20, 2004





'Blazar' illuminates era when stars and galaxies formed

"Astrophysicists at Stanford report spotting a black hole so massive that it's more than 10 billion times the mass of our sun. More important, this heavyweight is so far away that the scientists think it formed when the universe first began to light up with stars and galaxies, so it may provide a window into our cosmological origins."

I'm not sure I like the term "blazar." Sounds like an SUV. Which, after reading about this monster's cosmic fuel requirements, actually makes a great deal of sense.

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