Supermassive black holes, with masses more than a million times that of the Sun, reside at the centers of all massive galaxies. A new study published in the journal Nature shows that the star formation history of a massive galaxy depends on the mass of its central black hole.
Every massive galaxy has a central supermassive black hole, revealing its presence through its gravitational effects on the galaxy’s stars and sometimes powering the energetic radiation from an active galactic nucleus (AGN).
Central Black Holes Control Star Formation in Massive Galaxies
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