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‘Runaway’ black hole caught speeding through space

stronomers have spotted a runaway supermassive black hole, A seemingly ejected from its home galaxy, racing through space with a chain of stars trailing in its wake. The discovery offers the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes can be ejected from their home galaxies to roam interstellar space. Researchers discovered the runaway black

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