The Occult Bot

This week’s question: Since it’s true that galaxies have black holes at their center and if two neighboring galaxies were going to collide, would those two galaxies in effect form one larger black hole?

You pose a great question from various physics issues. The Hubble Constant tells us that every galaxy in the universe retreating or moving away from one another. Astronomers have discovered that when it comes to local areas of the universe this isn’t always true. Our Milky Way Galaxy is going to collide with neighboring Andromeda Galaxy in five billion years. In fact there are a number of interacting galaxies that we can observe from Earth which are in fact on a collision course with one another. A black hole is a spot in space with a gravitational pull that is so consuming that not even light can elude its grasp. This means that astronomers cannot directly view a black hole. But now strong telescopes can establish their existence. After a large star collapses which makes a supernova which a small black hole can form in its core region. Supernovae render us so much information about black holes and colliding galaxies that there is a whole segment of astronomy dedicated to the discovery and study of supernovae. The astronomers at Windowpane Observatory maintain the name a star program, which grants those interested in astronomy the opportunity to participate by contributing to astronomy exploration into supernovae and the search for asteroids headed toward Earth.

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