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Physicists Determine Cause of "Runaway" Supermassive Black Hole

UniverseToday·2026/9/2 22:52:49🔗 原文

📌 概要

Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin have determined that a galactic merger kicked a supermassive black hole into intergalactic space.

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  • Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin have determined that a gal

The rogue super-massive black hole compresses gas in its wake, forming a long “contrail” of young, blue stars. This unusual event happened when the universe was approximately half its current age. Credit:
NASA/ESA/Leah Hustak/STScI

Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin have determined that a galactic merger kicked a supermassive black hole into intergalactic space.