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Massive Contrail From a Runaway Black Hole Found in a Nearby Galaxy

2025-10-17 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Discovery of Massive Galactic Contrail Likely Caused by Wandering Black Hole

Scientists discovered a massive, 20,000 light-year trail in NGC 3627, providing rare, direct evidence of a runaway supermassive black hole speeding through a galaxy.

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  • A linear structure resembling a contrail, composed of dust and carbon monoxide, was observed in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 3627.
  • Theoretical models suggest this wake stems from a massive object ($\geq 10$ million solar masses) moving supersonically ($\geq 300\text{ km/s}$) via gravitational focusing.
  • This observation strengthens the understanding that supermassive black holes actively form, grow, and produce powerful emissions far outside galactic centers.

This discussion details the peculiar wake structure found in NGC 3627, exploring how these ejected or "wandering" black holes impact our models of galactic evolution and growth.

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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a surprising discovery of a contrail from something massive in a nearby galaxy Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20832 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.04888 https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2025/07/15/nasas-webb-finds-possible-direct-collapse-black-hole/ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.18730 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.17183v1 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2515/ https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/wandering-black-holes Wandering black hole videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqT1Fpa6gWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PeTl_Fd_Q #blackhole #galaxy #astronomy 0:00 NGC 3627 contrail from something massive 1:10 Wandering black hole concept 3:48 What this contrail seems to be 5:50 Why this is exciting 6:20 Other wandering black hole discoveries 10:20 Conclusions and implications Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@mjktrash 2025-10-17

The community notes on this video regarding "contrails" is a perfect example of how jacked up YouTube is...

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@andrewdewit4711 2025-10-17

YouTube flags Anton for talking about contrails in a galaxy. I clearly don’t hate their “principles” enough

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@itzybitzyspyder 2025-10-17

New existential fear unlocked.

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@robinbeech7703 2025-10-18

This is by far one of the best channels to watch on YouTube. I look forward to every single one of your posts. As YouTube fills with more and more sensationalization and clickbait. There are only a few channels that I can rely upon to bring me good honest reporting on actual events. I can't express enough how much I enjoy this channel.

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@rmacdougallaliasdogviticus 2025-10-17

"I'll take 'Scary Things I'd rather not know for $800 Alex"

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@RealDavidN 2025-10-18

Of all people, youtube is worried that Anton is promoting chemtrails. Maybe Anton can talk about Frank Zappa’s astronomical observation that Stupidity, not hydrogen, is the most abundant element in the Universe.

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@theorize999 2025-10-18

are you kidding me?!?!?!!!! after telling the most terrifying tale ever told.. he’s just like that’s all i wanted to say for now, peace. 😂😂 cold 🥶

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@qunningStunts 2025-10-18

"ahhh don't worry, it's really just a theor..... Wait we saw what? "

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@lisathomas1622 2025-10-18

You belong to an exclusive group of people Anton, I know you aren’t posting clickbait titles. 🎉

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@GodwynDi 2025-10-18

I've found rogue black holes fascinating ever since I learned they existed.

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