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1. Comprehensive intro to stellar mass black holes
   

2. The birth of a stellar mass black hole
   

3. Black hole quotes
   

4. Anatomy of a black hole
   

1. How to build a supermassive ( > million solar mass) black hole:
   

2. Through direct formation in the early universe  
   

3. Through merging stellar mass black holes within a galaxy
   

4. Interesting & informative podcast on formation of supermassive black holes
   

1. Observational evidence for the 10 million solar mass black hole at the center of our Galaxy
   

2. Great Nova video on our Milky Way’s monster
   

What causes a supermassive black hole to actively accrete material?

1. Evidence for and against major mergers as the cause for active accretion
   

2. Observational evidence supporting theories promoting the need for bars and disk instabilities
   

3. ‘Science’ article on feeding supermassive black holes
   

1. Info on lifetimes and number of galaxies at a given time that have supermassive black holes in their center that are actively accreting

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