Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Colliding Galaxies Reveal Colossal Black Holes via Slashdot by CmdrTaco on 10/16/08 Matt_dk writes "New observations made with the Submillimeter Array of telescopes in Hawaii suggest that black holes — thought to exist in many, if not all, galaxies — were common even in the early Universe, when galaxies were just beginning to form. Astronomers have found two very different galaxies in the distant Universe, both with colossal black holes at their heart, involved in a spectacular collision."
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