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Unusually Huge Supermassive Black Hole Discovered In A Dwarf Galaxy

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Unusually Huge Supermassive Black Hole Discovered In A Dwarf Galaxy

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Astronomers on NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array mission have discovered an unusually huge supermassive black hole hiding in a Dwarf Galaxy that is merging with a larger galaxy.

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDApril 28, 2017

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