It is said that this black hole occasionally consumes stars and star systems, breaking them apart and thereby increasing its mass.
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of the Andromeda Galaxy, moving towards Earth at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour. This black hole, located in the center of the Great Andromeda Galaxy, the closest and much larger neighbor of the Milky Way, is millions of times more massive than the Sun. It is noted that the Milky Way and Andromeda are being drawn towards each other due to their strong gravitational attractions and will eventually collide.
Fraser Cain, the publisher of the space website Universe Today, wrote in an article for Phys.org that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is more than 4.1 million times the mass of the Sun and is located about 26,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the Sagittarius constellation. This black hole is said to periodically increase its mass by consuming stars and star systems. However, due to Andromeda’s size, it is indicated that there will only be one winner when it collides with the Milky Way, and that is Andromeda. Nonetheless, it is emphasized that we are currently safe, as Andromeda is 2.5 million light-years away and will take more than four billion years to reach us.
Cain mentions that there will be panic when the Milky Way collides with Andromeda in about 4 billion years. During this collision, the star clouds of the two galaxies will interact in all sorts of ways, with some stars safely passing by others and eventually falling into the mouths of the two supermassive black holes. Andromeda’s black hole, possibly being 100 million times the mass of the Sun, could be a bigger target for stars with a death wish in space.
Source: https://www.cioupdate.com.tr/haberler/andromeda-galaksisi-supermasif-kara-delik/
