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Re:36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horsesh... by zamadatix on Monday August 11, 2025 @12:13PM (#44865947)
Importantly, the Eddington limit does not apply to black hole mergers, theoretically allowing as much growth rate as you're able to feed in from smaller black holes.
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Re:36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horsesh... by pixl97 on Monday August 11, 2025 @04:48PM (#44869305)
This said, the final parsec problem isn't solved/understood. We know black holes do merge, but we don't understand what energy is being bled out of the system so supermassive black holes crash into each other in the timeframes we're seeing it occur.
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