supermassive

adjective

su·per·mas·sive ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv

: having a very large mass : extremely or extraordinarily massive

a supermassive black hole

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November 29, 2024 Intermediate-mass black holes have masses ranging between hundreds to hundreds-of-thousands of solar masses, filling the gap between stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Sombrero galaxy is also less active than those at the center of other galaxies, slowly consuming material from Messier 104 and releasing a bright but small jet of radiation. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024 These particles could drag on the supermassive black holes enough to drop them within a parsec of each other. —

Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024 At the center of the image lies the Sombrero's galactic core, hiding its 9-billion-solar-mass supermassive black hole. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for supermassive