Close galactic encounter leaves 'nearly naked' supermassive black hole
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 12:02
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have found the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy's nearly-naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second.