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supermassive

British  
/ ˌsuːpəˈmæsɪv /

adjective

  1. (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The observatory has been responsible for helping identify objects like supermassive black holes, discovering new galaxies and tracking spacecraft.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Nearly every galaxy in the universe appears to contain a supermassive black hole at its center.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

The UK will no longer participate in research at the James Clark Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii, which scientists are using to image supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The observations showed that an S-shaped structure near the galaxy's center is actually a rotating disk of gas around the supermassive black hole.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Turned out the tow truck guy was right and my parents’ car was going to cost them a supermassive amount of money.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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