Universetoday iconUniversetodaySep 29, 2026

Supermassive Black Holes May Enhance Star Formation

The black holes at the hearts of galaxies get the credit and/or blame for a lot of things in their hosts. For example, they take the blame for gobbling up star-forming material, effectively "quenching" starbirth in some areas of galaxies.

Supermassive Black Holes May Enhance Star Formation

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The black holes at the hearts of galaxies get the credit and/or blame for a lot of things in their hosts.

For example, they take the blame for gobbling up star-forming material, effectively "quenching" starbirth in some areas of galaxies.

On the bright side, it now turns out that some of them may be commonly participating in the births of stars, too.

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The black holes at the hearts of galaxies get the credit and/or blame for a lot of things in their hosts. For example, they take the blame for gobbling up star-forming material, effectively "quenching" starbirth in some areas of galaxies. On the bright side, it now turns out that some of them may be commonly participating in the births of stars, too.

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