X-ray telescope finds new voracious black holes in early universe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 18:30
in Astronomy & Space
Using the deepest X-ray image ever taken, astronomers have found the first direct evidence that massive black holes were common in the early universe. This discovery from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that very young black holes grew more aggressively than previously thought, in tandem with the growth of their host galaxies.