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Instead of standing quietly in the center of its galaxy, this supermassive black hole moves at 4800 km per second – ScoopCube – ScoopCube
Supermassive black holes are viewed as frozen objects in galaxies. However, this is not always the case, and a new study published in the Astronomical Journal has just confirmed it.
The spiral galaxy J0437 + 2456 is located about 228 million light years from Earth and has a black hole in its center that is at least behaving. The object is all the more fascinating because, in addition to its phenomenal speed, it is 3 million times as massive as our sun.
A black hole that moves at more than 4,800…
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