A Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Fated to Collide Within 3 Years

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A Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Fated to Collide Within 3 Years
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The weird behavior of a galaxy around a billion light-years away suggests that it might contain one of the most highly anticipated events in modern astronomy.

. These are inferred from oscillations in the light emitted from the galactic center of these galaxies, on regular timescales that suggest an orbit.

However, it's not entirely clear that what is happening at the heart of J1430+2303 is the result of abinary at all, never mind one that is about to kaboom. Galactic nuclei are strange places, throwing out signals that are difficult to interpret, meaning it's possible something else may be causing the variability in the heart of J1430+2303.

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