supermassive
Britishadjective
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While astronomers have produced detailed images of supermassive black holes, stellar mass black holes appear only as tiny points of light.
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Beyond stellar mass systems, the simulations may also shed new light on supermassive black holes, which play a central role in shaping galaxies.
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These objects are much smaller than Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, but they offer unique advantages for study.
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This comparison suggests that, in some moments, a supermassive black hole can behave in ways similar to our own star, making these distant giants feel slightly more familiar.
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"By zeroing in on an active supermassive black hole, the two telescopes have found something we've not seen before: rapid, ultra-fast, flare-triggered winds reminiscent of those that form at the Sun. Excitingly, this suggests that solar and high-energy physics may work in surprisingly familiar ways throughout the Universe."
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