Oldest black hole discovered, dating back to just 470 million years after the Big Bang
1 year, 1 month ago

Oldest black hole discovered, dating back to just 470 million years after the Big Bang

LA Times  

This annotated image based on data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope indicates a growing black hole just 470 million years after the Big Bang. Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. The Webb telescope alone may have spotted a black hole that is 29 million years older, according to scientists, but it’s yet to be observed in X-rays and verified. The two space telescopes — Webb and Chandra — used a technique called gravitational lensing to magnify the region of space where this galaxy, UHZ1, and its black hole are located.

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Scientists find first ever ‘black hole trio’
2 months ago

Scientists find first ever ‘black hole trio’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have found the first ever “black hole triple”. “This system is super …

Astronomers discover oldest ‘dead’ galaxy ever observed
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Astronomers discover oldest ‘dead’ galaxy ever observed

Live Mint  

Astronomers have spotted a galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago. An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge used the James Webb Space Telescope to spot a ‘dead’ galaxy that formed when the universe was just 700 million years old, the oldest such galaxy ever observed. Although astronomers have observed …

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang
1 year, 1 month ago

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

The Hindu  

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. The Webb telescope alone may have spotted a black hole that is 29 million years older, according to scientists, but it’s yet to be observed in X-rays and verified. The two space telescopes — Webb and Chandra — used …

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang
1 year, 1 month ago

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. With X-rays “you’re actually capturing the gas that is being gravitationally pulled into the black hole, sped up and it starts glowing in the X-rays,” she said. The Webb telescope alone may have spotted a …

The Universe is TWICE as old as we thought: Big Bang happened 26.7 BILLION years ago, expert claims
1 year, 5 months ago

The Universe is TWICE as old as we thought: Big Bang happened 26.7 BILLION years ago, expert claims

Daily Mail  

The Universe is almost twice as old as we thought, according to a new study that challenges the leading cosmological model. Experts from the University of Ottawa have devised a new model and claim that the Big Bang happened 26.7 billion years ago. 'Our newly-devised model stretches the galaxy formation time by a several billion years, making the universe 26.7 …

Ferocious black holes reveal 'time dilation' in early universe
1 year, 5 months ago

Ferocious black holes reveal 'time dilation' in early universe

The Hindu  

Time is a slippery thing, as profound thinkers like physicist Albert Einstein and, well, fictional time traveller Doctor Who plainly understood. Scientists made that point anew on Monday in a study that used observations of a ferocious class of black holes called quasars to demonstrate "time dilation" in the early universe, showing how time then passed only about a fifth …

Oldest quasar and supermassive black hole discovered in the distant universe
3 years, 11 months ago

Oldest quasar and supermassive black hole discovered in the distant universe

CNN  

CNN — The most distant quasar and the earliest known supermassive black hole have been discovered, shedding light on how massive galaxies formed in the early universe. This quasar is a thousand times more luminous than our Milky Way galaxy, and it’s powered by the earliest known supermassive black hole. “This is the earliest evidence of how a supermassive black …

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