supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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When any object gets close to a supermassive black hole, it's typically ensnared in a powerful gravitational pull.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The images could help scientists further develop theories of how matter behaves in the extreme environments around supermassive black holes, which have masses of millions or even billions of suns and are found at the hearts of all large galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This is common in galaxy clusters, where such gas is generally assumed to be superheated by radiation spewed out from supermassive black holes, as well as the huge amount of kinetic energy absorbed as galaxies zoom around in the cluster.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The images could help scientists further develop theories of how matter behaves in the extreme environments around supermassive black holes, which have masses of millions or even billions of suns and are found at the hearts of all large galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This is common in galaxy clusters, where such gas is generally assumed to be superheated by radiation spewed out from supermassive black holes, as well as the huge amount of kinetic energy absorbed as galaxies zoom around in the cluster.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Supermassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermassive. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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