supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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The visualization, produced on a NASA supercomputer, allows users to experience flight towards a supermassive black hole.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 May 2024
The new animation doesn’t feature any Hollywood stars; its main character is a supermassive black hole, 4.3 million times the mass of the Sun.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 May 2024
Second simulation shows viewer narrowly escaping black hole Astronomers divide black holes into three general categories based on mass: stellar-mass, supermassive, and intermediate-mass.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy.
—Will Dunham, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 May 2024
The new animation doesn’t feature any Hollywood stars; its main character is a supermassive black hole, 4.3 million times the mass of the Sun.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 May 2024
Second simulation shows viewer narrowly escaping black hole Astronomers divide black holes into three general categories based on mass: stellar-mass, supermassive, and intermediate-mass.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy.
—Will Dunham, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
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