A team led by the University of Cambridge has discovered the oldest known black hole. His nature is something no one has seen before.
One of the objects in the near future Big Bang was recently discovered. It is about the oldest black hole they have ever seen. The ancient space monster dates back to 400 million years after the big bang which gave birth to the Universe.
The discovery was made by an international team of scientists. He was at the head of the project Roberto Maiolinoastrophysicist University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). The research results can be consulted in the article published in the journal Nature.
Predictably, this was possible thanks to The James Webb Space Telescope. From the observations obtained by the authors of the study, it was possible to conclude that this is actually the case the oldest black holebut also that it has the ability to swallow faster than any other known object.
The oldest black hole is revolutionizing what we know
The latter gives rise to the conflict of understanding discussed above how black holes grow. It turns out that standard models suggest that a supermassive black hole, like this one, are formed from the remains of dead stars. Then, after about a billion years, the hole could reach dimensions that put it in that category. If we connect the dots, something doesn’t make sense in that case.
You might also be interested in: Black Holes: 5 Facts About These Mysterious Space Objects
The thing is, when this black hole was discovered, the universe was not yet a billion years old. Based on this, there are two options: black holes is born greater than is estimated or can absorbs matter at five times the rate than was thought possible.
“It’s too early in the universe to see such a massive black hole, so we have to consider other ways it could have formed,” Maiolino said in a statement. “Very primitive galaxies were extremely rich in gas, so they would be like a buffet for black holes.”
Dying host galaxy
Host galaxy the oldest black hole in the universe It is a hundred times more compact than Milky Way. It is identified as GN-z11. The researchers saw that our protagonist object was “killing” its own galactic neighborhoodalthough the side effect is that the hole also diesbecause he will be without “food”.
You may be interested. This could be the dramatic end of Earth (and the solar system, by the way)
The studio woke up new questions about how black holes are born and formed. We are certainly on the verge of expanding what we know about these entities Universe. With support from The James Webb Space Telescopehopes are higher.
Read on:
They discover that black holes change the Earth’s orbit
Regardless of their size, all black holes are equally dangerous
How many black holes are there in the Milky Way, our galaxy
This huge asteroid has passed Earth and more are on the way
VIDEO: This is what the surface of the Sun looks like
