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ALMA Weighs Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Distant Spiral Galaxy

Posted on June 18, 2015March 5, 2018

ALMA weighs black hole at the center of NGC 1097.

VLA Reveals Bashful Black Hole in Neighboring Galaxy

Posted on June 17, 2015March 22, 2017

Thanks to the extraordinary sensitivity of the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have detected what they believe is the long-sought radio emission coming from a supermassive black hole at the center of one of our closest neighboring galaxies.

Artist impression of a supermassive black hole

ALMA Reveals Intense Magnetic Field Close to Supermassive Black Hole

Posted on April 16, 2015March 28, 2017

ALMA reveals powerful magnetic field near black hole.

Pockets of Calm Protect Molecules around a Supermassive Black Hole

Posted on February 26, 2015March 28, 2017

ALMA finds pockets of complex organic molecules around supermassive black hole.

Artist impression of the central region of NGC 1266.

‘Perfect Storm’ Quenching Star Formation around a Supermassive Black Hole

Posted on December 4, 2014March 28, 2017

Turbulence from a black hole in a nearby lenticular galaxy is squelching star formation.

Dwarf Galaxies Give Clues to Origin of Supermassive Black Holes

Posted on January 6, 2014March 22, 2017

Astronomers have found more than 100 small, dwarf galaxies with characteristics indicating that they harbor massive black holes feeding on surrounding gas.

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