January 24, 2011

No Direct Link Between Black Holes and Dark Matter, Scientists Find

ScienceDaily for January 20, 2011 reported on black h0les and dark matter.

Massive black holes have been found at the centres of almost all galaxies, where the largest galaxies -- who are also the ones embedded in the largest halos of dark matter -- harbour the most massive black holes. This led to the speculation that there is a direct link between dark matter and black holes, i.e. that exotic physics controls the growth of a black hole.