Environmental

Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy

Black hole being ejected from galaxy
System CID-42, located about four billion light years away (X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Civano et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Optical (wide field: CFHT, NASA/STScI)

NASA-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers have found strong evidence that a massive black hole is being ejected from its host galaxy at a speed of several million miles per hour. New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that the black hole collided and merged with another black hole and received a powerful recoil kick from gravitational wave…

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