![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506131640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Black Holes Lead Galaxy Growth, New Research Shows
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January 6, 2009
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Peering deep into the early universe, astronomers may have solved a long-standing cosmic chicken-and-egg problem--which forms first--galaxies or the black holes at their cores?
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