Supermassive Black Holes Can Build Galaxies

Experts have known for a long time that at the heart of very large galaxies lie supermassive black holes, with a mass several millions of times that of our own Sun. Since they learned this, astronomers have been trying to establish causal relationships between the two, as in which of the stru... [ read more >> ]

This artist’s impression shows how jets from supermassive black holes could form galaxies, thereby explaining why the mass of black holes is larger in galaxies that contain more stars

Image comment: This artist’s impression shows how jets from supermassive black holes could form galaxies, thereby explaining why the mass of black holes is larger in galaxies that contain more stars
Image credits: ESO / L. Calcada

This artist’s impression shows how jets from supermassive black holes could form galaxies, thereby explaining why the mass of black holes is larger in galaxies that contain more stars
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