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Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Caught Dragging an Enormous Cloud – CNET
Researchers discover a potential supermassive black hole wandering through space
By observing an unexpected trail in the gas cloud surrounding a dwarf galaxy, an international team of researchers has now found what they consider a potential candidate for a “runaway supermassive black hole” phenomenon. The light emitted by the gargantuan astronomical object traveled more than 7.5 billion years before reaching…
Astronomers Spot a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole Hurtling Through Space
Science Alert says it could be “the smoking gun pointing to a runaway supermassive black hole.”
More from Universe Today:
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) lurk in the center of large galaxies like ours. From their commanding position in the galaxy’s heart, they feed on gas, dust, stars, and anything else that strays too close, growing more massive as time passes. But in rare circumstances, an SMBH can be forced out of its position and hurtle through space as a rogue SMBH.
In a new paper, researchers from Canada, Australia, and the USA present evidence of a rogue SMBH that’s tearing through space and interacting with the circumgalactic medium (CGM.) Along the way, the giant is creating shock waves and triggering star formation…. The paper hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet….
In their paper, the authors explain how an SMBH can be cast out of its host galaxy. It always starts when galaxies merge. That leads to the formation of a binary SMBH at the center of the merger remnant. The binary SMBH can be very long-lived, surviving for as long as one billion years before merging. If during that time, a third SMBH reaches the galactic center, then a three-body interaction can give one of the SMBHs a velocity boost, and it can be driven from the galaxy.
Hot Hardware adds that “This is not the first time a supermassive black hole has been found ejected from the center of its host galaxy. However, this is the first time one has been detected speeding across intergalactic space and believed to be inactive.”
And RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) explains that “After the collision and ejection from the galaxy core, the passage of the black hole through the galaxy and it’s surrounding material produced a burst of star formation along that line, which we now see as a faint linear streak of light….
“Those who like doom-laden prophecies will be upset to hear that, because we can see this moving across the plane of the sky, it is never going to come any where near us.”
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From Rush of Blood to Switchback VR, Supermassive Games discusses leveling up on PS VR2
Astronomers Get a Rare Look at Supermassive Black Hole Gobbling Up a Star – CNET
Urban legends and modern myths: Supermassive on how The Dark Pictures Anthology ties together
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to visit Supermassive HQ for a hands-on with The Devil In Me, the fourth game in — and season one finale of — The Dark Pictures Anthology. While I was there, I also had the chance to interview three of the series leads: Tom Heaton, creative director on both The Devil In Me and Man Of Medan; Will Doyle, creative director across the whole Dark Pictures Anthology and director of last year’s entry House Of Ashes; and Dan McDonald, the studio director for the anthology.