Supermassive black holes are the largest known black holes in the universe, sitting at the center of most large galaxies. They are sometimes described as cosmic monsters because they feed on surrounding gas and dust when they are active, as well as destroy anything that gets too close. But their rep utation could be due for a rethink, as a new paper published on the arXiv preprint server suggests they may also be the birthplace of millions of planets. ...read more read less