Hubble Spotted a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers spotted a runaway supermassive black hole.
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For the first time ever, scientists have spotted a runaway supermassive black hole hurtling through space… alone. Leaving a trail of newborn stars in its wake, this cosmic giant is defying everything we know about how black holes behave. In this video, we’re diving into the mysteries scientists are racing to solve: How is this black hole creating new stars? Why is it not inside a galaxy? And how did it escape?

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0:00 What Hubble Saw
3:16 What Is It?
7:30 Shockwave
9:14 Creating New Stars
10:15 Where Did It Come From?
13:38 How Did it Escape?
16:22 More Runaway Black Holes?

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References:
“Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Illustration”, via science.nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/rbhvisual
“A Candidate Runaway Supermassive Black Hole”, via iopscience.iop.org https://astrumspace.info/candidaterbh
“JWST Confirmation of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole”, via arxiv.org https://astrumspace.info/confirmedrbh
“Strange Streak of Young Stars”, via phys.org https://astrumspace.info/starstreak
“Jet-Induced Star Formation in Centaurus A”, via ui.adsabs.harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/centaurusa
“Gravitational Wave Momentum Losses on Binary System”, via ui.adsabs.harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/gwloss
“The Cosmic Owl: Twin Active Collisional Ring Galaxies”, via arxiv.org https://astrumspace.info/cosmicowl
“Rare Structure From Colliding Ring Galaxies”, via livescience.com https://astrumspace.info/ringcoll
“Hot Pursuit of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole”, via sciencealert.com https://astrumspace.info/pursuitsmbh
“A Monstrous Supermassive Black Hole Has Gone Missing”, via sciencealert.com https://astrumspace.info/missingbh

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Credits:
Writer: Michelle Babcock
Video Editor: Nick Shishkin
Audio Editor: James Horsley
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designers: Peter Sheppard, Juane Dames
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Coordinator: Rose Unwin
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan

With special thanks to:
NASA/ESO/ESA

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