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The Hubble Space Telescope just snapped photos of the biggest black hole we've ever observed   Chloe Olewitz, Digital Trends 12 hours ago A new photograph of galaxy NGC 4889 may look peaceful from such a great distance, but it’s actually home to one of the biggest black holes that astronomers have ever identified. The Hubble Space Telescope allowed scientists to capture photos of the galaxy , located in the Coma Cluster about 300 million light-years away. The supermassive black hole hidden away in NGC 4889 breaks all kinds of records, even though it is currently classified as dormant. So how big is it, exactly? Well, according to our best estimates, the supermassive black hole is roughly 21 billion times the size of the Sun, and its event horizon (an area so dense and powerful that light can’...

NASA Releases 360-Degree Video Of Martian Surface Posted yesterday by Emily Calandrelli ( @TheSpaceGal ) COPY FROM:   http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/08/nasa-releases-360-degree-video-of-martian-surface/   Today, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released a new 360-degree video, giving you a virtual tour of the Martian surface. The video was created by stitching together images taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on December 18 th , 2015. The scene takes place at Namib Dune with a view of Mount Sharp on the horizon. Curiosity’s Mast Camera took the images on the 1,197 th sol (a Martian day) of its mission. A Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. Open up the video in your phone’s YouTube app to view it best. By moving around your smartphone, you can get a high quality 360-degree look at Curiosity and its Martian surroundings. The first version of this v...