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Massive Black Hole Discovered, Propels Stars Towards Milky Way

2/14/2025

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A groundbreaking study by Jiwon Jesse Han reveals a supermassive black hole, weighing around 600,000 times that of our Sun, lurking in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This colossal entity may have propelled nine hypervelocity stars into our galaxy, shedding light on black hole evolution and the potential for future galactic collisions as the LMC orbits the Milky Way.

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A groundbreaking study by Jiwon Jesse Han reveals a supermassive black hole, weighing around 600,000 times that of our Sun, lurking in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This colossal entity may have propelled nine hypervelocity stars into our galaxy, shedding light on black hole evolution and the potential for future galactic collisions as the LMC orbits the Milky Way.