Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2025

16 MAY-JUNE 2025 ASTRO PUBLISHING as well as the most extensive col- lection of intermediate-mass black hole candidates to date. This dual achievement not only expands scien- tists’ understanding of the black hole population in the Universe, but also sets the stage for further explo- rations regarding the formation of the first black holes to form in the Universe and their role in galaxy evolution. DESI is a state-of-the-art instrument DESI uncovers 300 new intermediate-mass black holes U sing early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instru- ment (DESI), a team of scien- tists have compiled the largest sample ever of dwarf galaxies that host an actively feeding black hole, by NOIRLab − Josie Fenske