Most distant supermassive black hole known to science is detected by astronomers more than 13 BILLION light years from Earth

https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | UPDATED: 13:40 EST, 12 January 2021 | By RYAN MORRISON

[Red Badger]

Researchers used the ALMA telescope array in Chile to discover the quasar

A quasar is a type of supermassive black hole that is releasing a lot of energy

This object was discovered when the universe was just 670 million years old

The discovery can help researchers better understand how these objects form

Its age and size brings into doubt theories they were formed from collapsed star clusters, with researchers suggesting they instead feast on cold hydrogen gas

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The most distant supermassive black hole known to science has been detected by astronomers - and it is more than 13 billion light years from the Earth.

Experts from the University of Arizona say the quasar - which is a form of energetic supermassive black hole - formed when the universe was just 670 million years old.

Quasars occur when the powerful gravity of a supermassive black hole at a galaxy's core draws in surrounding material that forms an orbiting disk of superheated material around the black hole - releasing tremendous amounts of energy.

Equivalent to the mass of 1.6 billion Suns and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy - it grew relatively quickly after the Big Bang.

The time it was discovered and its size brings current theories that supermassive black holes form from collapsed star clusters into question, with astronomers suggesting they may form from collapsed primordial cold hydrogen gas.

Dubbed J0313-1806, if the supermassive black hole had formed only 100 million years after the Big Bang and grew as fast as possible it would need at least 10,000 solar masses to begin with, the study found.

[faithhopecharity]

20 January. Precisely at noon East coast time

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

Oops. Thought this was going to be about Michelle’s anatomy or something...

[blam]

"...it is more than 13 billion light years from the Earth."

How many miles is that?

[JimRed]

Indications of its presence took so long to get here it may already be gone.

[PIF]

Then there is The Great Attractor which is a million times or a billion times more massive. Why? Because everything in the Universe, so far observed, including the mentioned Quasar, is moving toward it ... fast. We are doomed in a few trillion years.

[Campion]

If my math is right, 76 followed by 21 zeroes.

[blam]

Thanks.

Pale Blue Dot

"The Pale Blue Dot is an iconic photograph of Earth taken on Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. Voyager 1 was speeding out of the solar system — beyond Neptune and about 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun — when mission managers commanded it to look back toward home for a final time."

Intergrated circuits (chips) I helped to make in the mid-60's are on that space craft.

[Campion]

That’s extremely cool!

[Nateman]

Galaxy OJ 287 has a black hole with 18 billion solar masses orbited by another black hole with 150 million solar masses. Every once in a while it would flare up with one trillion times the normal brightness. One they figured out what was happening they predicted a flare up to within 15 minutes.

I wrote to one of the guys in this study. At its slowest the smaller black hole is moving at 10% the speed of light. At its quickest 25%. Needless to say when this slams into the accretion disc of the big black hole it makes for quite the impact!

[David Chase]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing this.

[Islander7]

supermassive black hole, Fat Alberta?

[JayAr36]

Most distant supermassive black hole known to science is detected by astronomers more than 13 BILLION light years from Earth

Oh damn does that mean we are all going to die.

[rottndog]

So how do black holes die?

[Red Badger]

The speed of light isn’t fast enough!................................

[Red Badger]

LOL!..................Editors?................What is that?..................

[Red Badger]

7.642197701e+22 miles.............

http://www.unitconversion.org/unit_converter/length.html

[Red Badger]

The farther back in time an object is, the more RED SHIFTED it appears.

Until it eventually becomes INFRA-RED and we are unable to view it with our eyes and must rely on infra-red sensors and cameras to detect it.

Now, if MY theory is correct, we should be able to see this same object in the exact opposite direction COMING AT US.

It would be extremely BLUE SHIFTED into the ultraviolet or beyond and we would be unable to see it without the use of ultra-violet detectors and cameras.

The ultimate “What GOES around, COMES around!”............................

[Red Badger]

Galaxy OJ 287 has a black hole with 18 billion solar masses orbited by another black hole with 150 million solar masses.

Is it driving a white Ford Bronco?............................

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. From motorola.

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