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Contact StarDate | About StarDate | Friends of McDonald | Sign up for SkyTips Basics Directory Research History Pop Culture News Resources Advanced Search Take our survey! -- -- Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. -- NGC 1365 : A supermassive black hole in the constellation Fornax. Although the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy NGC 1365 is relatively small, it has a big effect on the space around it. The black hole is spinning at close to the speed of light, dragging the surrounding space with it, creating a powerful spacetime vortex. Astronomers have measured the spin with greater accuracy than for any other black hole yet discovered. In July 2012, t... More » Lonely Giant One of the most massive black holes yet discovered -- a behemoth weighing about 17 billion times as much as the Sun -- is in the center of a galaxy that's a member of a small galaxy cluster Space Telescope Science Institute - April 4, 2016 Stretching Out A giant gas cloud is being ripped apart as it loops around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy European Southern Observatory - June 25, 2014 More headlines » Video: Stranger Than Fiction The concept of black holes has intrigued scientists for hundreds of years. For an introduction to the topic, watch "Black Holes: Stranger than Fiction," the latest video from the Texas Cosmology Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Pop Culture Check out our selection of some of the best — and worst — roles played by black holes in movies, TV shows, books, and music. More » The Hole Story Black holes are one of the busiest research topics in all of astronomy. Learn more about this cutting-edge research and get a peek at the backgrounds of some of the world's top black-hole researchers. More » Copyright ©2005-2013 University of Texas McDonald Observatory | About | Karl Gebhardt's Research | Enciclopedia de agujeros negros Funding provided by NASA and the National Science Foundation...