As my readers may remember, a few weeks back I posted about the properties of AGN and how they affect their host galaxies. One of these ways I listed was star formation rate. Actually, a bit less than two weeks ago an article was reprinted from UCSD by ScienceDaily that AGN do not stop star formation as previously thought.
Prior research showed a correlation between the presence of AGN and the lack of star formation in galaxies. This new study claims that this was a function of observational bias. Older, more massive galaxies are easier to detect, and are also the ones with decreased star formation rate. This study finds AGN in all types of galaxies including those in which stars are still being formed.
Read the full article here.
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Wow, that's really interesting! Good job staying on top of current research :) Your explanation is really clear, too.