Galaxy mergers not the trigger for most black hole feeding frenzies
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey of distant galaxies using the Hubble Space Telescope has put another nail in the coffin of the theory that galaxy mergers are the main trigger for turning quiescent supermassive black holes into radiation-blasting active galactic nuclei.