Harvard Researchers Examine relationship Between Supermassive Black Holes and Dark Matter

A group of Harvard researchers recently analyzed the relationship between supermassive black holes and the galaxies they inhabit.

According a Harvard news release, black holes are mostly associated with destruction, but the researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found they may also have a hand in formation. The study is awaiting publication in the Astrophysical Journal.

"There seems to be a mysterious link between the amount of dark matter a galaxy holds and the size of its central black hole, even though the two operate on vastly different scales," study lead author Akos Bogdan said the release.