Astronomers Are Homing in on The Colossal Feeding Processes of Huge Black Holes - ScienceAlert

The more we study the Universe, the more it seems likely that each galaxy is orbiting a cosmic colossus - a supermassive black hole, powering the galactic nucleus.

According to a new radio survey of all the galaxies in a region of the sky, every supermassive black hole in a galactic nucleus devours matter, although they go about it a little differently.

There is a funny gap in the mass range of black holes that mean we're missing an important piece of the puzzle of how supermassive black holes form and grow.

Thus, they identified active galactic nuclei - those containing an active supermassive black hole - that were bright in different wavelengths. .

The researchers found that some active supermassive black holes devour material at a much faster rate than others, and some don't devour much at all.

Next, they investigated the presence of starburst activity - that is, a region and period of intense star formation - coinciding with an active galactic nucleus.

Finally, they studied the relativistic jets that can shoot from the poles of a supermassive black hole during active accretion.