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PBS Space Time · Season 2017 · Episode 35
So what happens when two Super Massive Black Holes collide? We may be about to find out, because astronomers have spotted a pair of them in a close binary orbit for the very first time.

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Season
2017
Episode
35
Air Date
04/Oct/2017
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
14 min

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So what happens when two Super Massive Black Holes collide? We may be about to find out, because astronomers have spotted a pair of them in a close binary orbit for the very first time.

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