Supermassive black holes may be lurking everywhere in the universe
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 14:50
in Astronomy & Space
One of the largest supermassive black holes on record has been discovered in an unexpected place: a relatively sparse region of the local universe where massive galaxies -- the typical home of these huge black holes -- are few and far between. According new research, there could be many more such black holes -- quiescent quasars -- hiding in the universe's deserts. This one may be or once was a binary black hole.