ALMA press release: ALMA Discovers Earliest Gigantic Black Hole Storm

//ALMA press release: ALMA Discovers Earliest Gigantic Black Hole Storm

ALMA press release: ALMA Discovers Earliest Gigantic Black Hole Storm

Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a titanic galactic wind driven by a supermassive black hole 13.1 billion years ago. This is the earliest-yet-observed example of such wind to date and is a telltale sign that huge black holes have a profound effect on the growth of galaxies from the very early history of the Universe.

Read here the full press release on the ALMA website.

 

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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