Science October 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM

Black holes may grow quietly alongside galaxies even without violent mergers

Phys.org

Astronomers analyzed 2,435 galaxies hosting actively feeding black holes using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Among them, they identified 546 "bulgeless" galaxies—systems with little or no central stellar bulge.

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