When talking about the world of astronomy there must always be new discoveries, right? Well, some time ago astronomers managed to find the oldest black hole in the universe, you know. According to information, this black hole has existed since 600 million years ago, friend.
Did you know that the black hole discovered by astronomers is predicted to be the oldest black hole in the universe, you know. It is said so, because this black hole has a size that weighs around 9 million solar masses.
Are you curious, how can the oldest black holes be discovered by today’s astronomers? For more detailed information, see the following explanation, OK!
Early Oldest Black Hole Discovered
So, this oldest black hole was successfully detected by the James Web Space Telescope (JWST), which is part of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey. When discovered, the black hole was located at the center of an infant galaxy 570 million years after the universe began.
Why can this be found? Yep, there’s a possibility the camera is from The James Web Space Telescope (JWST) captures black holes and galaxies from extreme distances and measures them accurately.
To find it, these astronomers scanned the sky with two infrared cameras, namely the James Webb Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and the Near Infrared Camera. Apart from that, they also use a spectrograph which is built into the camera. It is known that the function of this spectrograph is to break light into its component frequencies.
Apparently the discovery of this oldest black hole is able to captivate the public, you know. According to Steven Finkelstein, an astronomer at the University of Texas at Austin, so far research related to the universe has been theoretical.
A black hole or black hole is an object that is in outer space. Its existence to be explored in more detail really attracts the attention of the people of the earth. Because as we know black holes are famous for their mysterious nature in the universe.
Initially, black holes were formed from the ruins of giant stars that grew and continuously absorbed gas, dust, stars, and even light. Basically black holes do not have light, but because of their nature which consumes the objects around them, a ring of light is created in the hole.
Discoveries Published in Journals
Now the results of the discovery of the black hole are published in their findings in the pre print journal arXiv. The journal was successfully published under the title A CEERS Discovery of an Accreting Supermassive Black Hole 570 Myr after the Big Bang: Identifying a Progenitor of Massive z>6 Quasars.
“This is the first we’ve found redshifts (points in time after the Big Bang), but there should be lots of them,” said Rebecca Larson, lead study author and an astrophysicist at the University of Texas, Austin.
Astronomers researching the latest discoveries about this oldest black hole have concluded that it is likely that there are many other types of black holes that are still unknown.
“We actually predicted that these black holes didn’t just form out of nowhere. So there should have been more younger and earlier black holes in the universe,” Rebecca explained.
“We’re only starting to be able to study cosmic history this time around with the James Webb Space Telescope and I’m glad we found more of them,” he added.
Deep Black Hole Observation
Even though this time there were new discoveries, it seems that astronomers are still continuing to make further observations about radiation and some other knowledge about objects that are famous for these mysterious properties.
“A merger of galaxies could be partly responsible for triggering activity in these galactic holes and it could also lead to an increase in star shape,” said CEERS team member and professor of astronomy at Rochester Institute of Technology di New York, Jeyhan Kartaltepe.
Now, about the invention black hole Eldest is very interested is not it? Hopefully this information can add to your insight about the objects of the universe.
2023-08-06 04:00:51
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