An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the centre of the distant galaxy 3C186. The black hole was most likely ejected by the power of gravitational waves. This is the first time that astronomers found a supermassive black hole at such a large distance from its host galaxy centre.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1706/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
23 March 2017
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