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Roughly speaking, the larger galaxies tend to have larger central black holes.

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Does a black hole at the center of your galaxy keep your galaxy from flying apart?

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Does life depnd on the black hole in the middle of the galaxy?

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What galaxy has a black hole?

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Can a black hole destory the galaxy?

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