December 1, 2023

Astronomers have found five new supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies.

When galaxies collide and merge with each other, it can force their supermassive black holes close together.

While models predict this would happen, it has been very difficult to find these giant black hole pairs until now.

The combination of data from Chandra, WISE, and the Large Binocular Telescope led to this bumper crop of black holes.

This discovery could lead to a better understanding of how giant black holes grow