Astronomers discovered a runaway black hole streaking away from its galaxy at 4,000 times faster than the speed of sound.
Astronomers have discovered evidence of a runaway black hole, giving us what could be the first known evidence that supermassive black holes can be ejected from their home galaxies. The researchers publishing their findings on. According to those findings, a supermassive black hole was removed from its galaxy and is roaming interstellar space.exist. The discovery was made when astronomers noted a bright streak of light while observing RCP 28, a dwarf galaxy roughly 7.
Further observations of the galaxy showed that the bright streak of light was roughly 200,000 light-years long. That’s twice the width of our own Milky Way galaxy. The streak is believed to be comprised of compressed gas that could be actively forming new stars. Following the streak, the astronomers discovered a runaway black hole estimated to measure 20 million times the mass of the Sun.The newly discovered black hole is currently speeding away from its home galaxy at around 3.
One big difference is that the streak isn’t getting weaker the further it moves from its home galaxy. Instead, it’s actually getting stronger, giving more evidence that it could be a runaway black hole storming through interstellar space. But how does a black hole get ejected from its galaxy? The belief is that it could have been caused by a third black hole intruding into a binary system, causing one of the cosmic entities to be ejected outward.
Astronomers aren’t sure how common these runaway black holes might be. Perhaps we’ll find evidence of other black holes like this as we observe the universe more.
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