The two black holes are about 1,600 light-years away from one another and will merge within 250 million years, producing a more massive black hole, the ESO added. The image shows the event horizon the gravitational point of no return beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape around the supermassive black.Sagittarius A is a thousand times smaller. The picture is not only our first glimpse at the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A but also the first direct evidence it actually exists. "Located about 89 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Aquarius, this is the closest pair of supermassive black holes to us." Scientists have taken the first ever image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way. "The core of NGC 7727 still consists of the original two galactic cores, each hosting a supermassive black hole," the ESO said in a statement.The "tangled trails" in the photo taken by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope were produced during the merger as stars and dust were stripped from their home galaxies and combined into one, the ESO said.What they found: The galaxy - called NGC 7727 - began to form when two galaxies danced around one another, disrupting their gas and dust, changing the way they each look about 1 billion years ago.
Why it matters: Galaxies can grow and evolve through collisions like this one, giving scientists a glimpse into the diversity of these types of objects out there in the universe.
An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth. About 1 billion years ago, two galaxies merged, creating a new galaxy seen in a photo taken by a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. published See the first photo of the Milky Way's black hole Sagittarius A and how it was made.
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