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Three giant black holes found feeding in one ancient galaxy
The galaxy is seen as it looked about 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang, and the two central black holes are expected to merge; the smallest one eats fastest.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After HoursPublished
At a glance
- First reported by ScienceDaily: “Three giant black holes discovered in a galaxy from the dawn of time”, with reporting from Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 3:36 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
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- ScienceDailyThree giant black holes discovered in a galaxy from the dawn of time
- Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial PhysicsThree supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAstronomers found three black holes, all actively feeding, inside one galaxy more than twelve and a half billion light-years away.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree in one galaxy? That's a lot of mouths.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe biggest weighs eighty million suns.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe smallest weighs about six hundred thousand, and the Max Planck Institute says it's feeding faster than the biggest one.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe small one is outperforming the headliner. That's every comment section. The top comment is never the main video.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd its rate exceeds the Eddington limit, which I assume is the point where outward light pressure should push the incoming gas away.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe two central ones merge in a few hundred million years. The small one will keep eating through the wedding.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPast the Eddington limit. So that's a black hole that read the terms and conditions and kept scrolling.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentVerdict: legitimately cool science. Eighty million suns in the room, and it's the six-hundred-thousand one that can't be stopped.
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