Surprise: Dwarf galaxy harbours supermassive black hole
Sunday, January 9, 2011 - 14:40
in Astronomy & Space
The surprising discovery of a supermassive black hole in a small nearby galaxy has given astronomers a tantalising look at how black holes and galaxies may have grown in the early history of the Universe. Finding a black hole a million times more massive than the Sun in a star-forming dwarf galaxy is a strong indication that supermassive black holes formed before the buildup of galaxies, the astronomers said...