Hubble Detects a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole

The video explores a quasar named 3C 186, located 8 billion light years away, which is unusually displaced from its galaxy's center. This quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole, is moving at a high velocity due to gravitational waves from a merger of two black holes. The energy required for this movement is immense, equivalent to 100 million supernovas. The video explains the phenomenon using Hubble images and discusses the implications of such astronomical events.

What is a quasar, as described in the video?

• A planet in another galaxy

• A small galaxy

• A bright light from hot gas around a black hole

• A type of star

How far is the quasar 3C 186 from its galaxy's center?

• 50,000 light years

• 20,000 light years

• 35,000 light years

• 10,000 light years

What do astronomers believe caused the quasar's unusual movement?

• A massive asteroid impact

• A change in the galaxy's orbit

• The collision of two galaxies

• A nearby supernova explosion

What are gravitational waves?

• Waves of light from distant stars

• Magnetic fields around planets

• Sound waves in space

• Ripples in space-time caused by merging black holes

What is the energy equivalent needed to eject the black hole?

• 200 million supernovas

• 10 million supernovas

• 50 million supernovas

• 100 million supernovas