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A party Astronomers have discovered an curious personality in the universe. It is two distant galaxy of collision with each other to form a larger structure. From the point of view of the earth, the connection of the disks is similar to the number eight, similar to the eternal symbol (∞).
Because of this analogy, researchers – who are based on the universities of Yale and Copenhagen – gave it the “Infinity Galaxy” nickname and reveal the details of their invention Astrophysical Journal LettersThe Beyond its disinfectant size, the structure consists of scientists because of its content: the first primitive supermasive black hole in it may be the first direct evidence of the newly formed.
The pictures were taken through James Web Space Telescope And then rich with information from Lunar x-ray observatoryThe most powerful X-ray telescope made so far. Light from this galaxy comes from a time when the universe was only 470 million years – about 13.5 billion years ago. In the structure of the dual galaxy, at least two integrated black holes can be noticed, each on a related disc (yellow points below), a region of compressed gas at the intersection point suggests the presence of a supermasive object (green dot).
Scientists think that they probably saw the symptoms of the black hole directly. Typically, black holes are made when the stars are fueling and collapsed under their own gravity, there is an alternative formation of an alternative Astronomical– Where a black hole is formed through the collapse of a huge gas cloud, no they create. This national potential has been theoretical, but this type of black hole has not yet been monitored.
The largest black holes found in the universe, the supermasive black holes have been identified in the galaxy that was formed only several hundred million years later by the Big Bang. However, what made their structure was possible is not yet fully understood. Many supermasive black holes are believed to have existed as a result of the small black holes being merit. But with very old supermasive black holes, it doesn’t seem like enough time to evolve for the first stars in the universe, Sterler-M-Black Black Hole broke and then Merge Huge, supermasive size.
So some astronomers have suggested alternative sources for the first supermasive black hole in the universe. According to these hypothesis, black holes will not need to form from any star or rise from attachment. Instead, the theory goes on, in other cases the thick clamps of issues that raising the galaxies can directly compress in larger black holes. Scientists are currently investigating the scene, though the final evidence of the incident is still lacking.
It is possible that the Infinity Galaxy provides publisher formulas about the possibility of the path to this second formation. “During the collision, these two galaxies are in a gas push and contraction this contraction can be sufficient to form a dense knot, which then falls into a black hole,” Peter Van Doccum and The Assistant Professor of Yelle Astronomy and Physics are an Assistant PaperSays in one of his posts UniversityThe Van Dokkum added, “Although such collisions are rare events, the density of extreme gas is considered to be quite common in the early cosmic periods, while the galaxies begin to form,” Van Dokkum added.
Scientists are also considering other, less spectacular alternatives about what’s going on in the Infinity Galaxy. Instead of being made through the direct collapse of the gas, the potential excess black hole – the green spot of the above image – instead of passing through “infinity” can be a symptom of a black hole coming out of any other galaxy. Another possible situation is that this image actually shows the collision of three galaxies, the third accepts by the other.
For this moment, the team says the initial results are exciting. “We cannot precisely say that we have received a black hole directly. For NASAThe
This story was originally attended Wired In Spanish And have been translated from Spanish.