Hubble has spotted a rogue supermassive black hole, which scientists believe was ejected from its home galaxy after a merger.
You might think of supermassive black holes as the center point of a galaxy that holds everything together. After all, these cosmic forces of nature emit some of the most powerful gravitational pulls that humanity has ever studied. But what if humanity managed to find a rogue supermassive black hole? One that had left its old galaxy behind and was now sprinting through the interstellar medium?
It’s an intriguing discovery and one that I’ve covered here on the site before. What we haven’t talked about is what it takes to make a rogue supermassive black hole. How exactly does a black hole get enough momentum to be kicked out of its home galaxy? A group of researchers broke down the discovery in a pre-published paper currentlyBlack holes can merge and even kick each other out of their home galaxies following galactic mergers.
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