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Look: Supermassive black holes close to Earth predicted to collide
So close, yet so far.
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Nearly every large galaxy houses at least one supermassive black hole at its center.
But what does it mean when astronomers spot two?
Neighboring galaxy NGC 7727 has a pair of black holes at its center, leading researchers to believe it’s the byproduct of galaxies that merged a billion years ago.
ESO/L. Calçada ; N. Risinger (skysurvey.org); Digitized Sky Survey 2; VST ATLAS team; Voggel et al. Music: Azul Cobalto
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