How supermassive black holes are the architects of entire galaxies - Space

"We're seeing that black holes are not just consuming material at the centers of galaxies, but they're actively reshaping their surroundings."

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Click for next article The galaxy NGC1386, shown in grayscale on the left and zoomed in to the central region on the right. The colors represent star formation in red, black-hole radiation in blue, and shocks in yellow. (Image credit: Peixin Zhu) Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Astronomers have studied nine local galaxies to discover how shock waves from the galaxies' central supermassive black holes sculpt star formation.