Massive Black Holes Not Always in the Center: Chinese Researchers Obtain Direct Observational Evidence in Dwarf Galaxy for the First Time

In traditional belief, massive black holes are often ‘lurking’ at the center of galaxies. However, an international team led by Dr. An Tao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Astronomical Observatory discovered a ‘restless’ black hole in a dwarf galaxy about 230 million light-years away from Earth. This black hole is not located at the core of the galaxy, but rather about 3,000 light-years off-center, emitting radio jets. Researchers found that this ‘off-nuclear, in situ accreting, jetted’ black hole in a nearby dwarf galaxy is one of the lowest-redshift, most solid cases known to date.