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The largest black hole known is located in the center of galactic cluster PKS 0745-19, which is about 1,300,000,000 lightyears from Earth. This black hole has an approximate upper mass of 40,000,000,000 solar masses, where 1 solar mass is the mass of the Sun.

If placed in the center of the Solar System, its event horizon would reach just past Sedna, about 789au (1 au is about the distance frm Earth to the Sun, or 149,597,871 kilometers).

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The largest black hole in the universe is located at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, which is about 55 million light-years away from Earth. It has a mass estimated to be 6.5 billion times that of our Sun, making it one of the most massive black holes known.

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Can a black hole suck in the universe?

No, a black hole does not have the ability to suck in the entire universe. Black holes have a strong gravitational pull, but they are finite in size and only affect objects within a certain range. The universe is vast and composed of countless galaxies, so it is not possible for a black hole to engulf everything.


If the big bang did rip the universe why are'nt we being sucked in it like a black hole does?

Because it didn't rip the universe, obviously. The theory of black holes state that as a star collapses in on it's self all of it's matter is around the size of a baseball, all of the stars mass into that small of space rip's the very fabric of the universe forming a black hole. My question was if a black hole can rip the very fabric of the universe and it's only the mass of the star host then why did'nt the big bang if everything we have ever known or seen was the size of a baseball? Well, technically, the big bang has infinate mass, and since there was nothing really to compare it to, it was the size of everything, and nothing. If the big bang was a black hole, and if it ripped the universe, then the universe would have imploded upon itself before it was even created.


Is the matter in a black hole falling back to the point of origin of the universe?

It is not known what happens to matter inside a black hole. The point of origin of the universe is currently believed to be the Big Bang, which is different from a black hole. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that matter is compressed to a point of infinite density at the singularity, according to general relativity.


Is this universe the product of a black hole from another verse?

There have indeed been some speculations that this may be the case. However, for now it is impossible to verify this. =========================== According to hyper sphere theory it suggest so i.e. the universe is like the event horizon of another universe from a 4 D universe's black hole. This model of the universe helps answers why the temperature of the entire universe is not uniform. According to Big Bang theory the temperature of the universe should have had been evenly distributed by now but this is not the case. A Canadian team of scientists proposed this theory that our universe might in fact be a the membrane of black hole in a 4th dimensional universe. Computer models show that the the 3 D membrane(our universe) surrounding the black hole is expanding. Like there are 2 D event horizons along the 3 D black holes we are the 3 D event horizon around a 4 D black hole called a hyper sphere.


What is bigbang and black hole?

The Big Bang is the scientific theory that explains the origin of the universe as a primordial cosmic explosion. A black hole is a region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape its pull.

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Can a black hole suck in the universe?

No, a black hole does not have the ability to suck in the entire universe. Black holes have a strong gravitational pull, but they are finite in size and only affect objects within a certain range. The universe is vast and composed of countless galaxies, so it is not possible for a black hole to engulf everything.


Can your universe just be at the end of a black hole and can the big bang just be the birth of that black hole?

Actually one interpretation of the big bang is as a white hole, the inverse of a black hole.


Did stars older than the universe create a black hole that resulted in the big bang?

It is a possibility that the Universe resulted from a black hole, and that black holes in our own Universe result in new universes. But all this is extremely speculative.


What object is the largest?

If you mean in the solar system, then the answer is the sun. Jupiter and Saturn are also some big masses in the solar system. In the galaxy, the largest object is probably the black hole in the center.


What would happen if there was no blackhole?

If there is no black hole, then no Universe, we will not be exist. That's why there is a Big Bang. The Universe started off with a Big Bang from a black hole. Though if you want to know what happens before our Universe, then you need to study 'String Theory' and the 'M theory'.


Is the universe expanding or is the milky way being drawn into a black hole and how would one tell the difference?

The universe is expanding but I'm not too sure about the second part. The obvious thing is that a black hole looks like a big black hole.


What materials escape from a black hole?

Black Hole - A thing found in the Universe which is color :-) - Thing that can escape Black Hole are examples: Volume Light Universe - Found outside our planet called "Earth" - Thing which don't occupy - Big empty space


What effect does the big bang currently have on the universe?

I think the big bang caused the black hole which pulls everything in including light.


What would happen if a black hole sucked in all the stars and surroundings?

If a black hole "sucked" in all the surroundings (The Universe) then it would be the term "Big Crunch" where all matter is returned to the state prior to the Big Bang.


If the big bang did rip the universe why are'nt we being sucked in it like a black hole does?

Because it didn't rip the universe, obviously. The theory of black holes state that as a star collapses in on it's self all of it's matter is around the size of a baseball, all of the stars mass into that small of space rip's the very fabric of the universe forming a black hole. My question was if a black hole can rip the very fabric of the universe and it's only the mass of the star host then why did'nt the big bang if everything we have ever known or seen was the size of a baseball? Well, technically, the big bang has infinate mass, and since there was nothing really to compare it to, it was the size of everything, and nothing. If the big bang was a black hole, and if it ripped the universe, then the universe would have imploded upon itself before it was even created.


Where in space is blackhole?

There are many black holes in the universe, and they are generally in the very center of a galaxy. Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, has one big black hole in the centre of it.


Is the matter in a black hole falling back to the point of origin of the universe?

It is not known what happens to matter inside a black hole. The point of origin of the universe is currently believed to be the Big Bang, which is different from a black hole. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that matter is compressed to a point of infinite density at the singularity, according to general relativity.