Astronomers Discover Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

The black holes, found in the galaxy MCG-03-34-64, are only 300 light-years apart and will eventually merge.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory detected the closest pair of supermassive black holes ever found.
The black holes are located in the gas-rich galaxy MCG-03-34-64, approximately 800 million light-years away.
These black holes are currently 300 light-years apart and are expected to merge in about 100 million years.
The discovery was made through multiwavelength observations, revealing bright active galactic nuclei fueled by infalling gas and dust.
The eventual collision will produce gravitational waves, providing valuable data for future astronomical research.