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ESO Telescope Discovers Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Yet

Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed. The two objects also have a much smaller separation than any other previously spotted pair of supermassive black holes and will eventually merge into one giant black hole. Located in the ...

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Close-up and wide views of the nearest pair of supermassive black holes.