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Three supermassive black holes found in a single early-universe galaxy

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Led the international team that made the discovery

Astronomers have found three actively feeding supermassive black holes in a single galaxy 12.5 billion light-years away. The research team calls it the first evidence of three active black holes in one galaxy in the distant universe.

Updated Oct 27