Following the news that scientists have developed a black hole simulator video comes word that astronomers now suspect hundreds of of these things are roaming loose in our very own Milky Way, according to Science.
That doesn’t mean we have to hide under our desks or anything. But the report said that these black holes are likely orphaned from smaller galaxies that
the Milky Way has swallowed over its billions of years of existence, adding that the discovery of one could tell us things about the evolution of our galaxy.
The science behind it is a bit much for my layman’s eyes, but computer simulations have revealed that in a collision between a large galaxy and a smaller one, the gravitational interaction could sometimes “kick the smaller black hole out of the smaller galaxy’s center,” but still remain within the confines of the larger galaxy. All of these gulping black holes and huge explosions in space are fun to read about as long as they stay far, far away, as far as I am concerned.
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