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Kiona Smith

Supermassive Black Holes Posses A Strange Mechanism That Prevents Overeating

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We think of supermassive black holes as gorging cosmic monsters, swallowing up anything that gets too close, but according to a recent study, the supermassive black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy called Circinus is actually a very picky eater.

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