Black Holes May Mature Early In Galaxy Evolution

masterwit writes "From Scientific American: 'An accidental find in a star-forming dwarf galaxy shows that black holes may mature early in galaxy evolution.' Also, 'if giant black holes in star-forming dwarf galaxies prove to be common — that is, if Henize 2-10 is not an outlier but a representative of a larger population — they may have much to tell about the formation of primordial black holes and galaxies in the early universe.'"

Common Knowledge

[Seumas]

I think any red-blooded male can confirm that this is obvious common knowledge. They keep maturing earlier and earlier. Hell, have you seen them lately? You think they're all 18 or even 22 millennia until that awkward moment when you make your move and find out they're really only 15 millenia. I say it's the chemicals they're subjected to in the modern cosmos.

Re:Common Knowledge

[Fluffeh]

I always caught myself wondering if I was looking at the edge of a primordial black hole or whether it had already gobbled up a few galaxies worth of matter...

Wait, what are we talking about?

thanks for the heads up

[Anonymous Coward]

Something to keep in mind next time the Intergalactic Real Estate agent tweets about "PRISTINE oceanfront property in young galaxy, fun neighborhood!"

Re:So are galaxies just black hole accretion disks

[syousef]

No. Galaxies aren't just black hole accretion disks.

The influence of the black hole is strong only at the very center tiny fraction of a percent (by either volume or mass) of the galaxy. So much so that we only found them a few decades ago.

You may as well ask if the solar system were just your own personal accretion disk.