Study models planet formation near active black holes (opens in new tab)

A research team modeled whether planets can form in active galactic nuclei, the bright central regions of galaxies powered by supermassive black holes that feed on surrounding gas and dust. The simulations found that millions of Jupiter-mass planets could form tens of parsecs from an active supermassive black hole, despite earlier expectations that such turbulent environments would prevent planet formation. The work focuses on the outer parts of accretion disks. Media Indonesia reported that ...