As the black hole barrels through intergalactic space, it is compressing the gas and dust, leaving behind a trail of newly formed stars about 200,000 light-years long.
As the black hole barrels through intergalactic space, it is compressing the gas and dust, leaving behind a trail of newly formed stars about 200,000 light-years long.
The researchers initially investigated the possibility that the streak was an astrophysical jet but concluded that it was instead a trail of new stars.
The researchers initially investigated the possibility that the streak was an astrophysical jet but concluded that it was instead a trail of new stars.
The runaway black hole was likely ejected from its parent galaxy during a complex dance between three supermassive black holes involved in a pair of galaxy mergers.
The runaway black hole was likely ejected from its parent galaxy during a complex dance between three supermassive black holes involved in a pair of galaxy mergers.