A black hole dating back to the early universe has recently been discovered. The black hole was born shortly after the Big Bang. Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope and related spectroscopic research, a new path for modern cosmology has been opened up. Professional astronomers detected the CAPERS-LRD-z9 galaxy, with a mass far exceeding that of the Sun. This new discovery raises new questions about the cosmos and its origin. What will be the fate of the Milky Way? Read on to learn more.
New discoveries every dar: new galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9
Science is an area where something new is discovered every day. No matter how small, every day is not the same and profesionals work to get to know new evidence. Currently, it turns out that a group of astronomers has made a amazing achievement.
The group of investigators has discovered the oldest black hole in existence. According to first reports, it is said to have formed 13 billion years ago and is placed in the galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9. The finding was published in a study by several scientists in the field and appeared in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Several questions currently arise about the creation and existence of this black hole and its evolution in galaxies over time.
Anthony Taylor, a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, explained the procedure:
“When we look at very distant objects, the light has taken billions of years to reach us. So, in reality, we see these objects as they were in the early universe,” he said. Light takes a long time to travel through space.
What we know about the CAPERS-LRD-z9
CAPERS-LRD-z9 is a type of galaxy called a “Little Red Dot,” so named because they’re small (as galaxies go) and appear to emit red light when observed with JWST’s powerful infrared sensors. Little Red Dots shine brightly, which might suggest they contain a lot of stars — except they formed in the early universe, when an abundance of stars was unlikely, according to current leading theories of cosmology.
A black hole that surprises even the researchers
Spite of years in the area and the discovery of great milestones, profesionals have been surprised by the magnitude of this black hole. They even underlined that it is “300 million times larger than the Sun.” This discovery was made real by the James Webb Space Telescope, which located the existence of this area of space through spectroscopy.
For those who do not know what it is about, it is a way in which astronomers spot various wavelengths and colors and through them can find out stars or galaxies. “
We look for these signals of gas moving very fast, no other object in the universe moves that fast, so we know it must be gas around a black hole,” said Steven Finkelstein, who also contributed to the study.
