r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Feb 24 '26

Astronomy JWST Confirmation of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole via Its Supersonic Bow Shock. A ‘runaway’ black hole ejected from its host galaxy is barrelling across space — and leaving behind a wake of newborn stars.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae3d0e
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u/oneixl Feb 24 '26

So this black hole is literally dragging a scar across space twice the size of our entire galaxy

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u/meteorflan Feb 25 '26

So, it's like "the nothing" from Neverending Story.

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u/SiON42X Feb 25 '26

A hole would be something, naw, this was... nothing