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Black holes are among the most feared objects in the universe.  These huge concentrations of tightly–packed matter, with a gravitational pull too strong for light to escape, can gobble up entire planets.  And according to scientists, one black hole in particular seems to have an unstoppable appetite.  Located 12.8 billion light–years away, the black hole, called RACS J0320–35, weighs about a billion …

Astronomers have spotted a monster black hole in the early universe that’s gorging on matter at more than twice the theoretical limit. The discovery deepens the mystery of how some black holes born shortly after the Big Bang managed to grow so big, so fast. Using NASA‘s Chandra X-ray Observatory — a powerful X-ray telescope at risk of being terminated …