supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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For example, Chandra can peer into the hearts of high-redshift galaxies seen by Webb, learning more about the supermassive black holes at their centers.
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2024
In November, a novel approach developed years ago by Priyamvada Natarajan brought us closer to understanding a basic mystery in astronomy: How do the supermassive black holes that lurk at the centers of most galaxies form?
—Shep Doeleman, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Unlike stellar-mass black holes, supermassive black holes like Sagittarius A* can grow by eating smaller objects such as gas, stars, planets and even other black holes.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
By contrast, supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, parked at the galactic core, is vastly larger, with about 4 million times the mass of the Sun.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
That includes the evolution of supermassive black holes, the life cycle of stars, and what exoplanets – worlds beyond our solar system– are made of.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
However, instead of Central Park, the main attraction of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A*.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2024
In 2020, the astrophysicist Andrea Ghez, of the University of California, Los Angeles, and a colleague received a Nobel for having tracked the path of objects near the center of our galaxy in sufficient detail to indicate that there must be a supermassive black hole there.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
The first image of the supermassive black hole was released two years ago, showing glowing gas around a dark center — and lacking the detail of the new image.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2024
In November, a novel approach developed years ago by Priyamvada Natarajan brought us closer to understanding a basic mystery in astronomy: How do the supermassive black holes that lurk at the centers of most galaxies form?
—Shep Doeleman, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Unlike stellar-mass black holes, supermassive black holes like Sagittarius A* can grow by eating smaller objects such as gas, stars, planets and even other black holes.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
By contrast, supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, parked at the galactic core, is vastly larger, with about 4 million times the mass of the Sun.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
That includes the evolution of supermassive black holes, the life cycle of stars, and what exoplanets – worlds beyond our solar system– are made of.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
However, instead of Central Park, the main attraction of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A*.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2024
In 2020, the astrophysicist Andrea Ghez, of the University of California, Los Angeles, and a colleague received a Nobel for having tracked the path of objects near the center of our galaxy in sufficient detail to indicate that there must be a supermassive black hole there.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
The first image of the supermassive black hole was released two years ago, showing glowing gas around a dark center — and lacking the detail of the new image.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
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