Where do they come from, those beguiling singularities that flummox astrophysicists—and the rest of us. Sure, we understand the processes behind stellar mass black holes, and how they form from the gravitational collapse of a star. But what about the staggering behemoths at the center of galaxies, those supermassive black holes (SMBH) that can grow …



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