supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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Both scenarios begin when two galaxies collide and begin to merge, each bringing to the cosmic smash its own supermassive black hole.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Unlike supermassive black holes, stellar mass black holes change on human timescales of hours and even minutes.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
The flare suggests there are unknown populations of giant stars near the centers of large galaxies, which also host supermassive black holes — and sheds light on the complicated interactions between two behemoths.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
At least, that's the theory of a team of astronomers who tracked and studied the burst of energy emanating from a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Unlike supermassive black holes, stellar mass black holes change on human timescales of hours and even minutes.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
The flare suggests there are unknown populations of giant stars near the centers of large galaxies, which also host supermassive black holes — and sheds light on the complicated interactions between two behemoths.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
At least, that's the theory of a team of astronomers who tracked and studied the burst of energy emanating from a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Supermassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermassive. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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