Produced by: Manoj Kumar
The Milky Way is destined to collide with a supermassive black hole from a nearby galaxy in 2 billion years!
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Scientists found a 600,000-solar-mass black hole lurking in the Large Magellanic Cloud—our galaxy’s incoming neighbor.
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Astronomers tracked high-speed stars ejected by the black hole, revealing its location and immense gravitational pull.
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This black hole likely flung stars away using the Hills mechanism, a rare gravitational slingshot effect.
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Once the Large Magellanic Cloud collides with the Milky Way, its black hole will drift toward Sagittarius A*, our galaxy’s central black hole.
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Eventually, these two massive black holes will merge, forming an even larger cosmic monster at the heart of our galaxy.
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This discovery supports the idea that black holes don’t start massive—they grow over time by absorbing stars and merging with others.
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Though billions of years away, this event will give astronomers a front-row seat to how galaxies and black holes evolve.
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Long after humanity is gone, our galaxy will be reshaped by this collision—possibly triggering new star formation and cosmic chaos.
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