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Supermassive black hole wanders through space
Now astronomers have detected a highly unusual case of one wandering through space.
Astronomers previously believed it was possible for supermassive black holes to be actively on the move, but it has been difficult to gather evidence for that theory - until now.
The study was published on Friday in The Astrophysical Journal.
Dominic Pesce, astronomer at The Centre for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has worked with collaborating scientists to observe 10 distant galaxies and the supermassive black hole at the centre of each system over the last five years.
The Centre for Astrophysics is a collaborative research effort that combines the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy 230 million light-years from Earth that appears to be on the move and wandering through space.
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