Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh
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Scientists using DESI have uncovered 2,500 dwarf galaxies hiding feeding black holes—five times more than previously known.
Credit: Legacy Surveys/D. Lang (Perimeter Institute)/NAOJ/HSC Collaboration/D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Black holes in small galaxies are harder to detect, but new findings suggest they may be far more common than once thought.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
DESI has identified 300 intermediate-mass black hole candidates—potential relics of the universe’s first black holes.
Are black holes shaping the fate of dwarf galaxies? This massive dataset could unlock secrets of cosmic evolution.
Intermediate-mass black holes may be the missing link between stellar black holes and the giants at the heart of galaxies.
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DESI’s small fiber optics allowed scientists to zoom into galactic centers, revealing previously hidden black hole signals.
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With 40 million galaxies in DESI’s survey, scientists may be on the verge of uncovering thousands more hidden black holes.
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Only 70 of the 300 intermediate-mass black holes overlap with feeding black holes—raising new questions about how they form.
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These discoveries push the boundaries of what we know about black holes—showing there’s much more lurking in the cosmos.