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Could black holes help form stars?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Black Hole in Hennese, the Dwarf Galaxies

This black hole in the middle of Hennese, the dwarf galaxy, is spouting out a jet of gas or a jet of radiation. It's sort of doing it gently enough that it's maybe helping more stars form in this dwarf galaxy. Do we know why? We don't know why. In general, we'd like to understand more about how black holes form in these galaxies and whether they are linked to the mass of the galaxies.

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