A “massive” black hole is hurtling through space at top speed, leaving behind a trail of stars 200,000 light-years away, an unprecedented discovery has shown.
The black hole, whose mass exceeds 20 million times the size of the sun, flows through space and collides with the gas clouds it encounters in front of it.
Due to the force of the hole’s movement, the gas later turns into a chain of stars, which the NASA Hubble Space Telescope was able to observe.
The researchers believe that it is possible that the temperature of the gas rose due to the collision of the black hole with it, and then it cools down following the hole passed, which leads to the emergence of stars.
They pointed out that this hole, which is a celestial monster, comes from a huge group that includes three galaxies. According to their theory, two galaxies may have merged regarding 50 million years ago, causing two supermassive black holes to orbit each other.
However, a third galaxy with its own black hole collided with this group, creating an unstable and chaotic trio, which led to the ejection of one of the black holes at breakneck speed.
The researchers who made this discovery stated that “the black hole does not represent a threat to humanity, as what was discovered took place in space long ago, when the universe was half its current age.”
As for the reason behind seeing this phenomenon now, it is due to the fact that the light took a long time to reach us.