Wednesday, July 13, 2011

July 4: Scientists Discover Oldest Black Hole Using Telescopes on Mauna Kea ShareThis Scientists have discovered one of the oldest objects in the un

July 4, 2011 - Hawaii Public Radio
Scientists have discovered one of the oldest objects in the universe.

It’s what they call a black hole. They found it using two telescopes on Mauna Kea.

The light detected in Hawaii left the black hole 13 billion years ago, says Gemini Observatory scientist Paul Hirst.

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