• SolidShake@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I believe that space has no limits on how big something can be. If there’s enough food to eat on earth, animals tend to be massive. Just look at blue whales. They aren’t restricted to land and can grow in all directions. I’d assume the same is for space with massive planets that are either mineral rich or gas rich. Since black holes devour everything around them I’d imagine there are even bigger ones out there. Fascinating though, I love space.

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      4 days ago

      These actually aren’t big for black holes. The largest ones are billions of solar masses. This is notable because it’s a collision of two black holes, which we can’t observe often.

      The article has some confusing phrasing.

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        3 days ago

        The ocean is like space though. And the blue whale is the biggest mammal on earth. Which is why I picked that as a reference