supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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The third and final movement features Centaurus A, a galaxy located 12 million light-years from Earth with a supermassive black hole at its center that's launching a powerful jet across the galaxy.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Despite being in the same galaxy, the two supermassive holes are not bound together as a gravitational pair.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Ars Video Normally, supermassive black holes live at the center of galaxies.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
The telescope has revealed that supermassive black holes nestle at the heart of most large galaxies, Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be shooting plumes of water out into space and, in the distant future, our Milky Way galaxy will likely collide with our neighbor, Andromeda.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Despite being in the same galaxy, the two supermassive holes are not bound together as a gravitational pair.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Ars Video Normally, supermassive black holes live at the center of galaxies.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
The telescope has revealed that supermassive black holes nestle at the heart of most large galaxies, Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be shooting plumes of water out into space and, in the distant future, our Milky Way galaxy will likely collide with our neighbor, Andromeda.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Supermassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermassive. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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