supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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An illustration of a merger of two supermassive black holes.
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Fan Zou, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2024
Instead there is a remarkable array of big, bright galaxies, many containing supermassive black holes, that emitted their light just 300 million years or so after the big bang.
—Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
If confirmed, the black hole would lie 17,700 light-years from Earth—closer than the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
That places it firmly within black hole territory, though smaller than supermassive black holes, which are viewed as those with roughly a million solar masses or more.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
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Fan Zou, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2024
Instead there is a remarkable array of big, bright galaxies, many containing supermassive black holes, that emitted their light just 300 million years or so after the big bang.
—Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
If confirmed, the black hole would lie 17,700 light-years from Earth—closer than the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
That places it firmly within black hole territory, though smaller than supermassive black holes, which are viewed as those with roughly a million solar masses or more.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
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“Supermassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermassive. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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