News Astronomy A runaway black hole has been spotted fleeing a distant galaxy The black hole was probably kicked out after two or three galaxies merged into one Almost every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, like the one in this illustration. But sometimes those black holes get knocked around or kicked out of their galaxies entirely. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, DPAC/Gaia/ESA Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Lisa Grossman March 10, 2023 at 8:00 am A streak of light stretching away from a remote galaxy might be the first sure sign of a gargantuan black hole on the run, a new study reports.