It could explain the secrets of the universe: NASA has just discovered the oldest black hole ever observed
This discovery by NASA telescopes could help astronomers understand how some of the most massive black holes in the universe form.
The US Space Agency (NASA) revealed today, Monday, November 6 statement His latest discovery: a black hole hidden deep in the visible universe. Its peculiarity: it is the most distant black hole discovered so far.
This black hole was discovered using the Chandra and James Webb space telescopes. It formed 4,770 million years after the Big Bang, and is located in a galaxy called UHZ1 located 3.5 billion light-years from Earth.
“The black hole is at an early stage of growth that has never been observed before, and its mass is similar to the mass of its host galaxy,” a NASA press release said.
Ten times larger than our Milky Way Galaxy
Its size will also be ten times larger than the size of our Milky Way Galaxy, which has a radius of 58,850 light-years (one light-year equals 9,500 billion kilometers).
Stunning numbers mean it took 13.2 billion years for what was perceived from UHZ1 to reach Chandra and James Webb’s instruments.
Important discovery
The results of this discovery could confirm theories that supermassive black holes already existed at the dawn of the universe.
As a reminder, black holes are objects that absorb everything in their path and cannot escape from them. Its gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape.
This scientific discovery is important for understanding how some galaxies evolve over time. And discover other secrets of the universe.
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