[Phys-l] Biggest Black Hole Ever Found in Nearby Galaxy

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PASADENA, Calif. —  The  most massive black hole yet weighed lurks at the 
heart of the relatively nearby  giant galaxy M87. 
The supermassive _black hole_ 
(http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=black_holes)  is two to three times heftier than  previously thought, 
a _new model_ (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525589,00.html#)  
showed, weighing in at a whopping 6.4  billion times the mass of the sun. 
_http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525589,00.html_ 
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525589,00.html)