A supermassive black hole is a cosmic giant, millions to billions of times the Sun’s mass, lurking at the center of most large galaxies. It anchors galactic evolution, shaping star formation and galaxy structure. Astronomers benefit by studying these objects to unlock mysteries of gravity and spacetime, while astrophysicists use them to test fundamental physics theories.
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