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sciencesCovered by 2 outletsUpdated 12 Aug

Three supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time

Image: New Scientist

An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has identified three actively accreting supermassive black holes in the galaxy J0148-4214. Matter is falling into the black holes from accretion disks surrounding them.

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