A cosmic census triples the known number of black holes in dwarf galaxies

A colossal census of the cosmos has more than tripled the number of active black holes known to reside in miniature galaxies and found the biggest haul of middleweight black holes to date.

The survey turned up about 2,500 dwarf galaxies with actively feeding black holes at their centers, up from about 500 known before, researchers report in a paper submitted October 31 to arXiv.org. The team also found nearly 300 new intermediate-mass black hole candidates, an increase from about 70 previous possible detections (SN: 9/2/20).

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