A new analysis of radiotelescope data links the shapes of galaxies to the ... hole are aligned with the rest of the galaxy, despite the vastly different scales involved. Supermassive black holes ...

In the Universe around us today, galaxies come in a number of different shapes and sizes. Lenticular galaxies are sort of blobby and formless, while spiral galaxies have defined spiral arms ...

"We typically see quasars as older galaxies that have grown very massive, along with their central black holes, after going through messy mergers and have come out with an elliptical shape," said ...