Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes

Monday, March 13, 2017 - 14:31 in Astronomy & Space

Researchers have shown how supermassive black holes may have formed in the early universe. They suggest that radiation from a neighboring galaxy could have shut down star-formation in a black-hole hosting galaxy, allowing the nascent black hole to rapidly put on weight.

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