Cosmic blowtorches: How quasars shut down star formation in the early universe
May 06, 2026
May 06, 2026
TUCSON, Arizona, May 6 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release:
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Cosmic blowtorches: How quasars shut down star formation in the early universe
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As more powerful observatories have allowed astronomers to peer farther back in time and push the observable edge of the universe closer to the Big Bang, they revealed that most, if not all, galaxies harbor supermassive black holes at their center. Clearly, black holes play . . .
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Cosmic blowtorches: How quasars shut down star formation in the early universe
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As more powerful observatories have allowed astronomers to peer farther back in time and push the observable edge of the universe closer to the Big Bang, they revealed that most, if not all, galaxies harbor supermassive black holes at their center. Clearly, black holes play . . .