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First black holes may have incubated in giant, starlike cocoons

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Nov 24, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (15) | 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first large black holes in the universe likely formed and grew deep inside gigantic, starlike cocoons that smothered their powerful x-ray radiation and prevented surrounding gases from ...