Giant black-hole pair from the early Universe gives clues to how galaxies form
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The Origins of the Quasar System
The team probed the quasars at different wavelengths to learn more about the system. It is two distinct supermassive black holes that are early in the process of coming together. Right now they are just hand orbiting inside of this emerging galaxy and slowly decaying their orbit separation. We have estimates that it's going to take probably more than a billion years for them to eventually enter into that final stage of coalescence.
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