Dwarf galaxy suggests black holes may be more common than previously thought

Astronomers from the University of Utah, using the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea and images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, have discovered a dwarf galaxy that is the smallest ever recorded with a supermassive black hole at its center. The galaxy, M60-UCD1, has been found to contain a black hole with a mass equivalent to 21 million times that of our own sun and whose presence may suggest that such enormous black holes could be more common than previously thought... Continue Reading Dwarf galaxy suggests black holes may be more common than previously thought



Section: Space



Tags: Astronomy, Dwarf galaxy, Supermassive black hole, Telescope, University of Utah



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