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James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!' (www.space.com)
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[–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

I'd assume two galaxies merged, and the black hole from one got a gravitational slingshot from the other. The result of that passing near, or through, another galaxy would be fascinating to study. From a very, very, long way away.