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

Lead author of the J0148-4214 study

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

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This is the first evidence of three active black holes in a single galaxy in the distant Universe.

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It suggests that processes in the early Universe were efficient at bringing massive black holes together, setting the stage for the massive black hole mergers we expect to detect with future gravitational wave observatories.

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