supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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Commissioning scientist Marina Pavlovic is a postdoc from Serbia with a background in the formation of supermassive black holes created by merging galaxies.
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
When any object gets close to a supermassive black hole, it's typically ensnared in a powerful gravitational pull.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 June 2025
According to the study, the first explanation is supermassive black holes found at the heart of galaxies.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
While our home supermassive black hole has a mass 4.3 million times that of the sun, M31* dwarfs it with a mass 100 million times that of the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 June 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
When any object gets close to a supermassive black hole, it's typically ensnared in a powerful gravitational pull.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 June 2025
According to the study, the first explanation is supermassive black holes found at the heart of galaxies.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
While our home supermassive black hole has a mass 4.3 million times that of the sun, M31* dwarfs it with a mass 100 million times that of the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for supermassive
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“Supermassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermassive. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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