Supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy may have a friend
21 January, 2020
An artist’s conception of two black holes entwined in a gravitational tango. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Christopher Go
Do supermassive black holes have friends? The nature of galaxy formation suggests that the answer is yes, and in fact, pairs of supermassive black holes should be common in the universe.
I am an astrophysicist and am interested in a wide range of theoretical problems in astrophysics, from the formation of the very first galaxies to the gravitational interactions of black holes, stars and even planets. Black holes are intriguing systems, and supermassive black holes and the dense stellar environments that surround them represent one of the most extreme places in our universe.
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