supermassive
adjective
su·per·mas·sive
ˌsü-pər-ˈma-siv 
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Too rare to explain the abundance of early supermassive black holes seen by JWST.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
As even the most supermassive black holes will inevitably decay into radiation, the entropy will remain largely constant during that process, only increasing slightly.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Launching as soon as 2035, LISA could sense waves from much more massive mergers of supermassive black holes rather than the waves from puny 50-stellar-mass black holes that are within LIGO’s purview.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
The likeliest explanation is that supermassive black holes attain their size when two smaller black holes smack into one another during a galactic collision.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
As even the most supermassive black holes will inevitably decay into radiation, the entropy will remain largely constant during that process, only increasing slightly.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Launching as soon as 2035, LISA could sense waves from much more massive mergers of supermassive black holes rather than the waves from puny 50-stellar-mass black holes that are within LIGO’s purview.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
The likeliest explanation is that supermassive black holes attain their size when two smaller black holes smack into one another during a galactic collision.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Supermassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermassive. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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