Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have discovered that radiation and jets from supermassive black holes suppress star formation in galaxies. Studying 538 active galactic nuclei using optical and radio data, the team confirmed black hole activity regulates galactic evolution and growth

Chennai/Bengaluru: A groundbreaking investigation by astronomers of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has confirmed that activity around supermassive black holes can suppress the birth of new stars in their host galaxies.

Bengaluru-based IIA, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), traces its origins back to an observatory set up in 1786 in Madras, which in 1899, moved to Kodaikanal.

Prof CS Stalin, a faculty member at IIA and co-author of the

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