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Feb 23, 2023

‘Runaway’ black hole the size of 20 million suns found speeding through space with a trail of newborn stars behind it

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Astronomers have discovered a “runaway” black hole, potentially the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes can be ejected from their host galaxies. Astronomers have spotted a runaway supermassive black hole, seemingly ejected from its home galaxy and racing through space with a chain of stars trailing in its wake.

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