So, what’s the biggest thing in space? A galaxy is pretty big, but it’s really a
collection of a lot of things. A star is
one solid mass, but -- huge as it is -- it’s really small compared to a black
hole. At least, when you measure mass,
not volume, which you should always do, since mass affects gravity. That brings us to the largest thing that
exists -- the thing that everything else in a galaxy orbits -- a Supermassive
Black Hole. These mega-black holes are
the mass of millions of stars, sometimes billions or sometimes even greater
numbers! Recently, astronomers got to
see a Supermassive Black Hole being knocked clear out of its galaxy. Experts believe it may have collided with
another SMBH at really high speed! (article
here)
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