In a new study, scientists from Canada have proposed a solution to the final parsec problem of supermassive black hole (SMBH) mergers using self-interacting dark matter. When two galaxies merge, gas ...
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are the churning engines of galaxies, but astrophysicists aren’t exactly sure how two of them merge. While evidence suggests this occurs, we’ve never seen a merger ...