2016 : WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC] NEWS? WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT?
Professor Emeritus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Former Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Super Massive Black Holes
The most interesting thing I learned was the presence of super massive black holes at the center of galaxies including our own. Where did they come from? At what stage were they created? They are not the collapse of a star. I have not heard an explanation that makes a lot of sense to me. Maybe they are pre-Big Bang relics.
