Swift Probes Exotic Object: ‘Kicked’ Black Hole or Mega Star?04:33

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Published on July 7, 2017

Zoom into Markarian 177 and SDSS1133 and see how they compare with a simulated galaxy collision. When the central black holes in these galaxies combine, a “kick” launches the merged black hole on a wide orbit taking it far from the galaxy’s core.

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