How to Identify a Supermassive Black Hole

Scientists used a technique to peer through the gas and dust of the milky way. They were looking for objects that could fit into orbits around supermassive black holes. It had been hinted at, thought hoped, drawn on overheads in quazars or other active galaxies.

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