Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 6, 2017 #1 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Found: Most Distant Black Hole Quote Scientists have uncovered a rare relic from the early universe: the farthest known supermassive black hole. This matter-eating beast is 800 million times the mass of our Sun, which is astonishingly large for its young age. Researchers report the find in the journal Nature. "This black hole grew far larger than we expected in only 690 million years after the Big Bang, which challenges our theories about how black holes form," said study co-author Daniel Stern of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Read More: NASA 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfortunately Posted December 8, 2017 #2 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) This news is absolutely fascinating , great find Waspie! Yet another unexplainable mystery making us rethink things that we already thought were set in stone. Edited December 8, 2017 by Unfortunately Fixed some grammar. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trelane Posted December 9, 2017 #3 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Such wonders to be discovered! The lady she flirts with us and shows us some secrets yet remains mysterious. Edited December 9, 2017 by Trelane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted December 11, 2017 #4 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Could have this Black Hole absorbed other Galaxies to be this big s young? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted December 12, 2017 #5 Share Posted December 12, 2017 The other obvious possibility is they aren't calculating the age of the black hole correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 12, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted December 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, Calibeliever said: The other obvious possibility is they aren't calculating the age of the black hole correctly. That's unlikely unless the entire theory of big bang, expansion of the universe and red shift are wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted December 12, 2017 #7 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I wonder what the mass of it is now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted December 12, 2017 #8 Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Waspie_Dwarf said: That's unlikely unless the entire theory of big bang, expansion of the universe and red shift are wrong. It does seem unlikely given the refinement of the process of dating things over the last 60-70 years. But as a scientist, if your findings are wildly out sync with your expectations you have to start with your measurements first. Because either a. the dating is wrong, b. the mass is wrong or c. your theory of formation is wrong. I'd triple check a and b before I start re-writing c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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