NRAO Highlights: Nomadic Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies

Astronomers have discovered 13 supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies less than a billion light-years from Earth, providing clues about the mechanisms that formed massive black holes in the early history of the Universe.

These dwarf galaxies, more than 100 times less massive than our own Milky Way, are among the smallest galaxies known to host massive black holes. The scientists expect that the black holes in these smaller galaxies average about 400,000 times the mass of our Sun.

Writing and narration provided by Phil Plait.
Discover more about wandering black holes from the original press release:
https://public.nrao.edu/news/wandering-black-holes-dwarf-galaxies/
Video created 12/21/2020
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