Black holes and humans have more in common than we first thought, we can both be a little off-center

Large black holes like this one are found at the center of galaxy M31. NASA photo.

Black holes are unusual celestial objects typically found at the center of galaxies, according to space scientists and astronomers, but space scientists at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands think they have found a black hole a little off-center. Astronomers typically find black holes by looking for strong x-ray sources near the places they think black holes should exist. Friction heats matter falling into a strong gravity source, such as a black hole, creating copious amounts of x-rays, which space scientists use to locate possible black holes. Astronomers at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands believe they have found a black hole in a less typical location in one nondescript galaxy.

The black hole in question appears to be located about 10,000 light-years from the center of the galaxy in question. What's this 1-billion-solar-mass black hole doing so far from the center of the galaxy? Space scientists postulate using the available facts that large black holes, like the one in question, could be created during the collision of two smaller black holes. This would eject the bigger black hole out of the galaxy's center at high-speed, space scientists believe, and could be one way black holes could be relocated to another galactic address.