Why are there black holes in galaxy centres?

Do galaxies form around black holes or does a black hole move to a galaxy's centre after it's formed?
05 September 2022
Presented by Otis Kingsman
Production by Otis Kingsman.

BLACK HOLE DRAWING

An artist's impression of a supermassive black hole

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Listener David wrote this cosmic conumdrum into the Naked Scientists "How are black holes formed? And why are they often at the center of galaxies?" Otis Kingsman spoke to astrophysicist and author of the book 'A Brief History of Black Holes', Dr Becky Smethurst...

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