ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 1 month agoJames Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'www.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkJames Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'www.space.comooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareKn1ghtDigital@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago“Runaway Black Hole” is a horrifying thought I never had until now.
minus-squareBurgerBaron@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThere’s…an almost disturbing amount of regular runaways in our own galaxy too. I think that was a fairly recent Webb discovery as well. I’m glad everything is so far apart sometimes.
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoA runaway supermassive is even moreso. Like, what the absolute fuck could have happened to give the core of a galaxy that much velocity?
minus-squarenotabot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI’d assume two galaxies merged, and the black hole from one got a gravitational slingshot from the other. The result of that passing near, or through, another galaxy would be fascinating to study. From a very, very, long way away.
“Runaway Black Hole” is a horrifying thought I never had until now.
There’s…an almost disturbing amount of regular runaways in our own galaxy too. I think that was a fairly recent Webb discovery as well.
I’m glad everything is so far apart sometimes.
A runaway supermassive is even moreso.
Like, what the absolute fuck could have happened to give the core of a galaxy that much velocity?
I’d assume two galaxies merged, and the black hole from one got a gravitational slingshot from the other. The result of that passing near, or through, another galaxy would be fascinating to study. From a very, very, long way away.