We have yet to find a galaxy that does not have a supermassive black hole. Big galaxies like our Milky Way or M87 are the most- So far as we know they all are most massive. We have smaller galaxies that don't have black holes. Is it possible- I don't- Well, I would say- Wait, here's the real question. Have we found galaxies where there are not supermassive black holes?big galaxies. Red-blooded- American galaxy. No. Like the kind of galaxy you were putting the back of a cosmic pick up truck. Yeah, pick up truck for the gun rack. All right. Meet me outside. What's that? Right.
How do supermassive black holes form? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice come to you live to learn about the history of black holes, what’s inside them, and new discoveries with cosmologist Janna Levin and astrophysicist Jenny Greene.
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