Which of the following best describe the reasons we have to infer that a supermassive blackhole lurks in the centre of our galaxy?Stars keep disappearing from view as they get swallowed up in the galactic centre.Tight orbit of stars around an invisible companion & giant bubbles of cold, star forming gas have been expelled from galactic centre.We can measure the gravitational waves coming from such an enormous black hole.O Tight orbit of stars around an invisible companion & giant bubbles filled with gamma rays expelled from the galactic centre.

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