WASHINGTON: Space exploration continues to evolve and we, on earth, continue to be amazed at what astronomers and engineers continue to find. A recent discover, for example, from Chinese astronomers will confound both the brightest scientists and all the rest of us alike.
Chinese astronomers have found a quasar with the mass 12 billion times that of our yellow sun.
A University of Arizona report describes, “The existence of such massive black holes in the early universe posts significant challenges to the theory of black hole growth and its relation to galaxy evolution.”
Lead study researcher Xue-Bing Wu of Peking University in Beijing, adds, “Our discovery presents a serious challenge to theories about the black hole growth in the early universe.”
Wu goes on to say, “It may require either very special ways to grow the black hole within a very short time or the existence of a huge seed black hole when the first generation stars and galaxies formed. Both are difficult to be explained by the current theories.”
Wu continues, “This quasar is unique. We are so excited, when we found that there is such luminous and massive quasar only 0.9 billion years after the Big Bang. Just like the brightest lighthouse in the distant universe, its glowing light will help us to probe more about the early universe.”
Similarly, Bram Venemans of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, attests “These giants of the universe will provide the ideal targets from which to learn about the universe during the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.”
More interestingly, though, black holes continue to grow, eating up stars and other space objects in its wake—so this is one we will certainly have to continue to watch.
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