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Galaxy Outskirts Likely Hunting Grounds for Dying Massive Stars and Black Holes

Cassiopeia A, youngest supernova remnant, Milky Way, black holes
This Chandra X-ray photograph shows Cassiopeia A, the youngest supernova remnant in the Milky Way. (Photo: NASA/CXC/MIT/UMass Amherst/M.D.Stage et al.)

Rochester, NY-(ENEWSPF)- Findings from a Rochester Institute of Technology study provide further evidence that the outskirts of spiral galaxies host massive black holes. These overlooked regions are new places to observe gravitational waves created when the massive bodies collide, the authors report.

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