Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course

Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed. This video summarises the discovery.

Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Martin Wallner.
Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Giulio Mazzolo and Juliet Hannay. Music: Stellardrone — Open Cluster.
Footage and photos: ESO , Voggel et al., VST ATLAS team.
Acknowledgement : Durham University/CASU/WFAU, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos, Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com) and Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Scientific consultants : Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova