Black Hole discovery: Massive black hole birth REVEALED in groundbreaking new study

Professor Wise said: “It was only in these overly-dense regions of the universe that we saw black holes forming.

“The dark matter creates most of the gravity and then the gas falls into that gravitational potential where it can form stars or a massive black hole.”

According to Brian O’Shea, a professor at Michigan State University, the study suggests the process is much more common throughout the universe than scientists previously believed.

He said: “We predict that this scenario would happen enough to be the origin of the most massive black holes that are observed, both early in the universe and in galaxies at the present day.”

The black hole study was led by researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, Dublin City University, Michigan State University, the University of California at San Diego, the San Diego Supercomputer Center and IBM.