Dusty Accretion Disks Around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories

Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories

Astronomers propose that the dust-rich tori surrounding active galactic nuclei (AGN) -- the energetic cores of galaxies powered by feeding supermassive black holes -- behave much like the protoplanetary disks that spawn planets around young stars. The post Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Active supermassive black holes may help form massive planets

A popular myth about black holes is that they act like giant cosmic vacuum cleaners, sucking in everything around them. But Wladimir Lyra’s research found a new mechanism around supermassive black holes that is more like a cosmic nursery, giving birth to planets more massive than Jupiter. “We’re finding objects that are a thousand times […] The post Active supermassive black holes may help form massive planets appeared first on Science Tech Upda…

Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes: Potential Planetary Factories in the Making

Astronomers at New Mexico State University, the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, and Manhattan Community College propose that the dust-rich torus surrounding an active galactic nucleus (AGN)—a galaxy’s energetic core powered by a supermassive black hole supply—behaves much like a protoplanetary disk that produces planets around young stars. Mishra others. They suggest that AGN dust Tori [...] The post Accretion Disks around Supermassive …