An international team of astronomers and computer scientists from India and France have developed a new technique to search for closely merging supermassive black holes.
The team has devised a numerical technique to automatically search for double nuclei galaxies which could help them predict what could happen when neighbouring galaxies like the Milky Way and the Andromeda collide.
According to the Department of Science and Technology who have supported this study, scientists need to study collisions between galaxies to predict uncertainties like whether the solar system would survive or be ripped apart from the violent mixing of stars and gas between the galaxies when they collide.
