"The [energy released from gas falling into the] the supermassive black hole is removing large amounts of gas very fast from the galaxy," D'Eugenio explained. "Without this gas, no new stars can be formed, so this galaxy is losing the `shine' of young and bright stars, and has already started it's long history of fading."

Chinese astronomers have discovered a rare, small black hole in a unique binary star system, providing new insights into the formation of black holes. The research, led by Dr. Wang Song from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC),

A distant galaxy has no more stars being born due to a supermassive black hole that's stripping away all the gas needed to forge them.

Astronomers have confirmed that supermassive black holes can deprive their host galaxies of the gas needed to form new stars, thanks to observations from the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (Webb).

JWST image showing light that was emitted 13 billion years ago by the distant quasar J0148, which is believed to surround a supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: MIT/NASA) The decay of dark matter could have played a crucial role in triggering the formation of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the early universe,

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The international t