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Black hole at heart of our galaxy is on crash course, space-time ripples reveal

By Aylin Woodward

29 Jun 2023 · 4 min read

informed Summary

  1. In a groundbreaking discovery, astrophysicists have found that supermassive black holes across the universe are merging, a fate that will eventually befall the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Supermassive black holes all over the universe are merging, a fate that will eventually come for the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

These mysterious cosmic structures at the heart of nearly every galaxy consume light and matter and are impossible to glimpse with traditional telescopes.

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