Research report 2013 - Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Giant black hole could upset galaxy evolution models

Authors

van den Bosch, Remco; Yildirim, Akin; van de Ven, Glenn; van der Wel, Arjen

Departments

Abteilung Galaxien und Kosmologie

Summary
A group of astronomers led by Remco van den Bosch from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has discovered a black hole that could shake the foundations of current models of galaxy evolution. At 17 billion times the mass of the Sun, its mass is much greater than current models predict – in particular in relation to the mass of its host galaxy. This could be the most massive black hole found to date.

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