Space just got a whole lot more terrifying in the best way possible
Out there about four billion light years away sits OJ 287 and its monster of a black hole. Scientists figure the bigger one tips the scales at more than 18 billion times the mass of our sun. That is not a typo. Its event horizon stretches so wide it could gulp down every planet from Mercury all the way past Pluto and still have plenty of empty space left over.
Imagine something so massive that our entire solar system would look like a tiny snack floating inside it. The smaller companion black hole is no lightweight either but the big one is the real showstopper. Artists keep painting these swirling disks of fire and light around them and the pictures alone make you stop and stare.
Next time someone says space is empty just remember there are places out there that could erase everything we know without even trying. Mind completely blown.
