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“In this case, two disk galaxies collided, forming the ring structures of stars that we see,” he said. “During the collision, the gas within these two galaxies shocks and compresses. This compression ...

During the collision, the gas within these two galaxies shocks and compresses. This compression might just be enough to have formed a dense knot that then collapsed into a black hole," van Dokkum ...

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“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their colleagues said in a study soon to be published in the Astrophysical Journal ...

An incredible object form by two colliding galaxies may be the site of a recently formed supermassive black hole.

What makes this highly unusual is the fact that this black hole sits between the two colliding galaxies in a vast cloud of gas, rather than in either respective nucleus.

The team's next step is to simulate the collision and aftermath of the two galaxies in a computer model to better understand how likely it is for a black hole to form under such conditions.