Watch: TWO pairs of black holes are on a collision course

A team of astronomers has discovered something incredible; they found two sets of black holes in two separate dwarf galaxies that are on a collision course, space.com reports.

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First time in history

This is the first time we’ve seen two sets of black holes on a collision course.

As they get closer and closer, they’ll eventually merge and become one huge black hole.

This will happen at the same time that the dwarf galaxies merge to become a bigger galaxy.

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The team used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to study these black hole pairs.

They noticed that the dwarf galaxies are pulling in gas as they approach each other.

This gas is “feeding” them, causes them to grow even before they merge.

These findings could help us better understand how galaxies and black holes formed in the early universe.

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What exactly are black holes?

NASA states that a black hole occurs when matter is compressed into a small space, causing gravity to be so strong that not even light can escape.

This phenomenon typically occurs during the death of a star.

Due to their light-trapping nature, black holes cannot be seen with the naked eye.

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However, specialized space telescopes equipped with unique instruments can detect them.

These instruments can observe how stars in close proximity to black holes behave differently than those farther away.

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