Ancient black hole defied rules of galaxy formation
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
Black holes can be found at the centres of most galaxies. Most have little mass compared with their host galaxy. ETH researchers, however, have discovered a particularly massive black hole, which clearly grew so quickly that the host galaxy was not able to keep pace. This calls into question previous thinking on the co-evolution of galaxies and their central black holes.