The most distant and ancient black hole has been discovered
By ForGeeks Astronomers have discovered the most distant and ancient black hole visible in X-rays. The object is in an early stage of growth, which is the first time it has been observed, and its mass is comparable to that of its parent galaxy. The discovery is reported in a paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
An ancient black hole has been observed for the first time, and its mass is comparable to that of its parent galaxy.
Researchers analyzed data from two space telescopes — the Chandra X-ray Observatory and a telescope named after James Webb. The study found evidence of the presence of a growing black hole that existed just 470 million years after the Big Bang.
The study also found evidence of a growing black hole that existed just 470 million years after the Big Bang.
The galaxy UHZ1, assigned to the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, is home to a supermassive black hole. Its location is 3.5 billion light-years away from Earth. Recent data collected by the Webb telescope surprisingly indicates that UHZ1 is much farther away from the cluster, at a distance of 13.2 billion light years from our planet. This corresponds to a time in the universe’s existence that was only three percent of its current age.
At the time of the Universe’s existence, it was only three percent of its current age.
Brightness and X-ray energy estimates put its mass between 10 and 100 million Suns. This range is similar to the range of masses of all stars in the galaxy it inhabits, in stark contrast to black holes at the centers of neighboring galaxies, which typically contain only about a tenth of a percent of the mass of their stars.
Black holes in the centers of neighboring galaxies typically contain only about a tenth of a percent of the mass of their stars.
