Mar 12, 2021 · The supermassive black hole is moving with a speed of about 110,000 miles per hour inside the galaxy J0437+2456. But what’s causing the motion is not known. The team suspects there are two possibilities.

Apr 6, 2023 · This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left behind a never-before-seen 200,000-light-year-long “contrail” of newborn stars, twice the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy.

Mar 18, 2021 · The fast-moving black hole, which is roughly 3 million times heavier than our sun, is zipping through the center of the galaxy J0437+2456, about 230 million light-years away.

Apr 10, 2023 · Astronomers have discovered a "runaway" black hole, potentially the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes can be ejected from their host galaxies.

Apr 7, 2023 · A supermassive black hole cruising through clouds of gas would normally feed on it, a process called accretion. But this runaway cosmic monster is moving too fast to grab a bite.

Apr 8, 2023 · Hubble just spotted a supermassive black hole zooming through the sky and leaving a star formation in its wake. Rather than swallowing material it runs into, the black hole is dragging the...

Apr 7, 2023 · A rare and bizarre cosmic event involving three massive black holes has led to the discovery of an unprecedented phenomenon: a supermassive black hole moving at incredible speeds, leaving a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars in its wake.

Jan 25, 2025 · As matter falls into a black hole, it also circles it like water spiraling down a drain. The way this "accretion disk" of infalling matter spins can tell scientists a lot about a particular black ...

Mar 16, 2021 · In a galaxy far, far away, there's a supermassive black hole on the move — and scientists aren't sure why.

Jul 10, 2024 · Black holes have been found over a wide range of masses, from stellar remnants with masses of 5–150 solar masses (M☉), to those found at the centres of galaxies with M > 10 5M☉. However, only a...