Ravenous Supermassive Black Holes May Sterilize Nearby Planets

Press coverage of a new paper in Scientific American: A new study sheds light on how damaging black holes can be to the habitability of planets throughout the Milky Way and the universe.

Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ravenous-supermassive-black-…

Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2017/05/30/blown-away-by-black-holes-losing-plan…

Image: This artist’s conception of a distant quasar shows how luminous they can be—an effect that would wreak havoc on nearby life. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser Credit: M. Kornmesser ESO