Active supermassive black holes revealed in merging galaxies
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 12:00
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have conducted infrared observations of luminous, gas-rich, merging galaxies to study active, mass-accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs). They found that at least one SMBH almost always becomes active and luminous by accreting a large amount of material.