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Black holes and cosmic jets join forces to shape galaxies

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Black hole activities suppress the birth of new stars around it, shows a new study that can help in a deeper understanding of how galaxies evolve and may provide answers to why some have very low star-formation rates.

This study was published in the Astrophysical Journal, titled “Warm Ionized Gas Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei: What Causes Them?”, and is authored by Payel Nandi and C.S. Stalin from IIA and D.J. Saikia from IUCAA.

The PIB press release is here.

The DST press release is here.

The paper can be downloaded from here.