Theory says that during some SMBH mergers, the merger remnant receives a recoil kick from gravitational waves. Instead of sitting placidly in the galactic center, these recoiled SMBH are sent on a pendulum-like motion, back and forth through the galactic center. New research has found statistical ev...
New Evidence for an Old Prediction: Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
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October 22, 2026 •
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