supermassive
Britishadjective
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This inward flow can fuel the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core and reduce star formation across the surrounding disk.
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Tracking a pulsar in this environment would allow scientists to make highly accurate measurements of space-time around a supermassive black hole.
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This dense material blocks most of the radiation coming from the supermassive black hole at its center, making the region nearly impossible to study with traditional telescopes.
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"We are not just replacing the black hole with a dark object; we are proposing that the supermassive central object and the galaxy's dark matter halo are two manifestations of the same, continuous substance."
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Astronomers say the Milky Way may not contain a supermassive black hole at its center after all.
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