Supermassive black holes can kill galaxies
APR 16, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024251
ScienceNOW : Astrophysicists have found that when a supermassive black hole quickly devours gas and dust, it can generate enough radiation to abort all the embryonic stars in the surrounding galaxy. It’s not clear what this means for life’s ability to take hold in such a bleak environment, but the research shows that the process might have determined the fates of many of the large galaxies in the universe.
© 2010 American Institute of Physics
