Astronomers have detected several supermassive black holes wandering through theirÂ
dwarf host galaxies, providing new clues about how similar black holes evolved in the early universe.
Using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico, the researchers identified 13 dwarf galaxies that are less than a billion light-years away from Earth and that host supermassiveÂ
black holes. Astronomers estimate that these galaxies containÂ
less than 1% of the mass of the Milky Way, making them the smallest galaxies known to host massive black holes,Â
according to a statement.
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