I watched a special on the Discovery Ch last night and they said there is a blackhole at the center of every galaxy. My question is, can there be more then one blackhole in a galaxy? Besides the one in the center?
2007-06-27 05:17:58 · 9 answers · asked by Warbuff 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, as was mentioned above, any large star generates a black hole when it dies, so galaxies contain many millions of these.
If your question is whether galaxies can contain more than one supermassive central black hole, the answer is still yes. Andromeda appears to have a binary supermassive black hole system.
2007-06-27 05:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The one at the center is theorized to be a super massive black hole. Their could be other smaller blackhole in the spiral arms of a galaxy
2007-06-27 05:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by bourqueno77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It's thought now that there are thousands to millions in addition to the 'supermassive' blackhole at the center of most galaxies.
2007-06-27 06:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure there can! Allow me to explain: (explanation suddenly ended as writer was sucked into one of many black holes in the galaxy, sorry!)
2007-06-27 05:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Obvious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there is since there is more than one star in a galaxy and if two of the right since went supernova and collapsed then there would be two black holes.
2007-06-27 05:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and there probably are thousands of them in every galaxy.
2007-06-30 09:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but there are 2 galaxy colliding I guess they attracted each other.
2007-06-27 08:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Any sufficiently massive star will create a black hole when it dies, and there are hundreds of billions of stars in galaxies.
2007-06-27 05:24:50 · answer #8 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible!
2007-06-27 05:52:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋