Astronomer Discovers Upper Mass Limit for Black Holes

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Natarajan found that ultra-massive black holes which lurk in the centers of huge galaxy clusters like the one above seem to have an upper mass limit of 10 billion times that of the Sun. (Credit: NASA)
Natarajan found that ultra-massive black holes, which lurk in the centers of huge galaxy clusters like the one above, seem to have an upper mass limit of 10 billion times that of the Sun. (Credit: NASA)
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There appears to be an upper limit to how big the universe’s most massive black holes can get, according to new research led by a Yale University astrophysicist.


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