Astronomers have previously theorised that a thick ring of dust, known as a torus, surrounds the supermassive black holes at the centre of huge galaxies
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Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nuclei
Mysterious features seen in light emitted from active galactic nuclei may be due to partial obscuration by dust clouds
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Super black holes in massive galaxies control star formation
A recent study has revealed a link between the mass of a galaxy’s supermassive black hole and its stellar history