Unlocking the Mystery of Black Holes: How Scientists Detect and Measure the Mass of the Universe’s Heaviest Monsters

When gas or dust spirals towards a black hole, it forms an accretion disc that heats up to millions of degrees, producing some of the brightest emissions in the universe. Black holes, characterized by their immense gravity, have all their mass concentrated in a tiny area encircled by the event horizon. This boundary hinders even light from escaping, making it challenging to detect and measure the mass of these cosmic giants.