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When giants warped the universe

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 30 Mar 17

The discovery that massive black holes existed billions of years earlier than thought possible is forcing a major rethink about galactic origins. Graham Phillips reports.

Supermassive black hole gets kicked to the galactic curb

ScienceNews - Tue 28 Mar 17

Gravitational waves may have given a supermassive black hole a big kick, with enough energy to send it flying toward the edges of its host galaxy.

Bizarre dwarf galaxy named "Was 49b" found in galactic merger

New Atlas - Mon 27 Mar 17

Most of the time, the billions of galaxies that make up the universe go about their business without bothering their neighbors. Sometimes, though, like galactic bumper cars, they smash ...

Stray supermassive black hole flung away by gravitational waves

Newscientist - Fri 24 Mar 17

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a one-billion solar mass black hole fleeing its galaxy, showing supermassive black holes can probably merge

Supermassive black hole was ejected by gravitational waves

Physics World - Fri 24 Mar 17

Collision sent billion-Sun-sized object speeding away from galactic core

Hubble detects supermassive black hole kicked out of galactic core

Phys.org - Thu 23 Mar 17

An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the centre of the distant galaxy 3C186. ...

Hubble detects supermassive black hole kicked out of galactic core, Eurekalert - Thu 23 Mar 17

Supermassive black hole dislodged from its galactic throne travels at 5 million mph

ZME Science - Mon 27 Mar 17

In the aftermath of a titanic galactic battle, a merged black hole caused some waves.

Why Is This Quasar Running Away From Such a Handsome Galaxy?

Gizmodo - Fri 24 Mar 17

We don’t understand quasars all that well, but are pretty certain that these incredibly bright lights belong in the centers of galaxies. So it looked a little weird when astronomers spotted ...

Hubble spots rogue supermassive black hole ejected from its galaxy

Extremetech - Fri 24 Mar 17

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University believe this unusual situation is the result of the almost unfathomable energy released when two black holes collided. The post Hubble spots rogue supermassive ...

Supermassive Black Hole Booted From Home by Einstein's Waves, Research Suggests

Discovery News - Fri 24 Mar 17

Astronomers suspect that gravitational waves, first theorized by Albert Einstein, kicked the rogue black hole out of its galactic core by after the collision of two galaxies. ...

Gravitational waves kick out monster black hole

Daily Mail - Thu 23 Mar 17

Astronomer suspect the ‘monster object’ was kicked out of the center as two large black holes merged, unleashing powerful gravitational waves, according to NASA.

Hubble telescope finds black hole shot out of a distant galaxy

Engadget - Thu 23 Mar 17

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have observed a supermassive black hole with a mass one million times that of our Sun hurtling away from its parent galaxy. It's ...

Gravitational Waves Boot Gigantic Black Hole from Galaxy's Core

SPACE.com - Thu 23 Mar 17

A supermassive black hole heftier than 1 billion suns has been ejected from the core of its galaxy by gravitational waves, a new study suggests.

Supermassive Black Hole Jettisoned From Galactic Core, New Study | Video

SPACE.com - Thu 23 Mar 17

Hubble Space Telescope was use to image quasar 3C 186, the signature of a black hole, far from the core of its host galaxy. Astronomers have theorized that gravitational waves may be behind ...

Astronomers spot a runaway quasar

Astronomy.com - Fri 24 Mar 17

This rogue black hole may have been ousted from the center of its galaxy by gravitational waves.

Astronomers find supermassive black hole expelled from galaxy center

UPI - Thu 23 Mar 17

A group of astronomers have located a supermassive black hole expelled from the center of galaxy 3C186.

Gravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic core

SpaceDaily - Tue 28 Mar 17

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational ...

Gravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic core, Eurekalert - Thu 23 Mar 17
Gravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic core, ScienceDaily - Thu 23 Mar 17
Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core, Newswise - Thu 23 Mar 17

How is this black hole moving at 5 million miles an hour?

RedOrbit - Mon 27 Mar 17

Sometimes, because the numbers involved in astrophysics are so huge, we end up reading them and moving on. But let’s consider this for a second: A supermassive black hole is currently ...

So long sucker: Monster black hole sent packing by gravitational waves

Science Blog - Mon 27 Mar 17

Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves. Though there have ...