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by Ellen Sentinel
Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:55 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: J1502+1115: A Triple Black Hole Galaxy (2014 Jul 07)
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Re: APOD: J1502+1115: A Triple Black Hole Galaxy (2014 Jul 0

Eventually, one or two will be flung away at escape velocity, and the three will be in an open orbit, moving forever away from each other. It's extremely unlikely that two would collide, but it's possible. When two black holes come together, they coalesce into a single black hole with the mass of t...