Three giant black holes discovered in a galaxy from the dawn of time
Astronomers have discovered three actively feeding black holes inside a single galaxy more than 12.5 billion light-years away, revealing a remarkable scene from the universe’s infancy.
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- Astronomers have discovered three actively feeding black holes inside a single galaxy more than 12.5 billion light-years away, revealing a remarkable scene from the universe’s…
- Two of the black holes are separated by just 620 light-years and are expected to eventually merge, while a third lurks farther away.
- One weighs an astonishing 80 million suns, and another is growing faster than conventional theories predict.
Astronomers have discovered three actively feeding black holes inside a single galaxy more than 12.5 billion light-years away, revealing a remarkable scene from the universe’s infancy.
Two of the black holes are separated by just 620 light-years and are expected to eventually merge, while a third lurks farther away.
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