Posted on 01/12/2021 12:44:29 PM PST by Red Badger
Researchers used the ALMA telescope array in Chile to discover the quasar
A quasar is a type of supermassive black hole that is releasing a lot of energy
This object was discovered when the universe was just 670 million years old
The discovery can help researchers better understand how these objects form
Its age and size brings into doubt theories they were formed from collapsed star clusters, with researchers suggesting they instead feast on cold hydrogen gas
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The most distant supermassive black hole known to science has been detected by astronomers - and it is more than 13 billion light years from the Earth.
Experts from the University of Arizona say the quasar - which is a form of energetic supermassive black hole - formed when the universe was just 670 million years old.
Quasars occur when the powerful gravity of a supermassive black hole at a galaxy's core draws in surrounding material that forms an orbiting disk of superheated material around the black hole - releasing tremendous amounts of energy.
Equivalent to the mass of 1.6 billion Suns and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy - it grew relatively quickly after the Big Bang.
The time it was discovered and its size brings current theories that supermassive black holes form from collapsed star clusters into question, with astronomers suggesting they may form from collapsed primordial cold hydrogen gas.
Dubbed J0313-1806, if the supermassive black hole had formed only 100 million years after the Big Bang and grew as fast as possible it would need at least 10,000 solar masses to begin with, the study found.
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How those astronomers got more than 13 BILLION light years away I’ll never know..............................
Uber.
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