The supermassive black hole at the center of the dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 stimulated star formation
An article published in the journal “Nature” reports a study on the dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 that offers evidence that the supermassive black hole at its center stimulated star formation. Zachary Schutte and Amy Reines relied on observations conducted with the Hubble Space Telescope to find a kind of hot gas bridge that connects the black hole to a region of intense star formation and to connect the black hole’s outflow to that star nursery. These conclusions are useful to understand the influence of supermassive black holes on their host galaxies and their origin.
