There could be a supermassive black hole only 90 million light years from Earth

There could be a supermassive black hole only 90 million light years from Earth
(Image credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/M. Koss (ETH Zurich) et al./Screenshot)

A new study in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that a mysterious object just 90 million light years away from Earth could be a supermassive black hole.

The team of international scientists' findings suggest that the object is a black hole that was "kicked out of its home galaxy during a collision with another galaxy," Science magazine reports. If their findings are proven accurate, the black hole would be the first "evictee" to be confirmed by astronomers.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.