Astronomers Discover a Sleeping Giant: Ancient Black Hole 6 Billion Times the Sun’s Mass
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Astronomers Discover a Sleeping Giant: Ancient Black Hole 6 Billion Times the Sun’s Mass
Researchers have identified the most distant dormant black hole known, dating back to the universe’s early history. Astronomers have long relied on brilliant quasars, supermassive black holes actively feeding on surrounding matter, to study the early universe. Yet these luminous objects reveal only part of the story. Now, researchers have detected the most distant dormant [...]
Researchers have identified the most distant dormant black hole ever found, located in the galaxy MRG-M0138, more than 10 billion light-years from Earth. The discovery, published in the journal Science, represents a significant advance in understanding the formation of black holes in the early universe. The black hole has an estimated mass of about 6 billion times that of the Sun and was observed when the universe was only 3 billion years old. T…
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