{"id":7254,"date":"2020-10-01T10:10:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T09:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2020-10-01T10:10:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T09:10:21","slug":"six-galaxies-are-trapped-in-a-web-around-a-supermassive-black-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/six-galaxies-are-trapped-in-a-web-around-a-supermassive-black-hole\/7254\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers find six galaxies trapped in a web around a supermassive black hole"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the first time such a close grouping has been seen so soon after the Big Bang. The findings from the Very Large Telescope supports the theory that black holes can grow rapidly within large, web-like structures. Astronomers believe that dark matter<\/a> could be responsible for the webs around supermassive black holes.<\/p>\n Lead author Marco Mignoli, an astronomer at the National Institute for Astrophysics<\/a> (INAF) in Italy, said: “This research was mainly driven by the desire to understand some of the most challenging astronomical objects — supermassive black holes in the early Universe. These are extreme systems and to date we have had no good explanation for their existence.”<\/p>\n