Monster black holes definitely suck, but they might not be the cosmic bullies that astronomers think they are.
STARS AND BLACK HOLES Astronomers compared the total light emanating from galaxies (left) to only the light associated with their central supermassive black holes (right) to show that star formation in the galaxies stopped at least 100 million years before the central regions powered by the black holes attained their peak brightness.
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