Hubble finds relic of a shredded galaxy
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 14:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have found a cluster of young blue stars surrounding a mid-sized black hole called HLX-1. The discovery suggests that the black hole formed in the core of a now-disintegrated dwarf galaxy. The findings have important implications for understanding the evolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies.