Dr Marc Sarzi, a member of Dr Davis’ team from the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium said: “SMBHs have also been found in very distant galaxies as they appeared just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
“This suggests that at least some SMBHs could have grown very massive in a very short time, which is hard to explain according to models for the formation and evolution of galaxies.
“All black holes grow as they swallow gas clouds and disrupt stars that venture too close to them, but some have more active lives than others.
“Looking for the smallest SMBHs in nearby galaxies could, therefore, help us reveal how SMBHs start off.”
The astronomers used a new technique to zoom further into the centre of Mirach’s Ghost than ever before.
source: express.co.uk