LONDON: The satellite astronomical exploration WISE found the brightest galaxy in the universe, shining with the light of 300 billion suns, said today the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Dubbed WISE J224607.57-052635.0, the star belongs to the extremely luminous infrared galaxies Elirgs.
According to the computer analysis Chao-Wei Tsai at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, the object could host a giant black hole that attracts huge amounts of gas and matter which are heated to millions of degrees Celsius.
This very hot matter launches high-energy radiation, typically visible light, ultraviolet rays and X-rays, that when blocked by dust is heated and radiates infrared light.
High-mass black holes are common in the cores of galaxies, but finding one with that dimension as ‘back in time’ in the cosmos is rare.
