Tag: quasars
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Finnish Breakthrough: First Image of Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other
Groundbreaking View of a Cosmic Dance In a moment that reshapes our understanding of black holes, Finnish scientists have produced the first-ever direct image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other. The discovery centers on the bright quasar OJ287, located about five billion light-years away in the Cancer constellation. The finding, published in The…
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Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other: OJ287 Radio Image
Unveiling a cosmic dance: two black holes in OJ287 In a landmark achievement for astronomy, scientists have captured the first radio image of two supermassive black holes circling one another inside the quasar OJ287, located roughly 5 billion light-years from Earth. This direct visual confirmation supports long-standing theories about binary black hole systems and offers…
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Potential Smoking Gun Signatures Of Supermassive Dark Stars Found In JWST Data
JWST data fuel new clues about the universe’s first stars The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is helping astronomers push the boundaries of the early universe. A team led by Cosmin Ilie of Colgate University, with collaborators Shafaat Mahmud, Jillian Paulin, and Katherine Freese, reports four extremely distant objects whose spectra and shapes align with…
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Potential Smoking Gun Signature Of Supermassive Dark Stars Found In JWST Data
JWST Findings Suggest Dark-Star Candidates in the Early Universe New analyses of data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) point to a striking possibility: some of the first stars in the universe may have been supermassive dark stars—giant, puffed clouds of hydrogen and helium whose light is powered not by fusion, but by tiny…
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Unveiling Dust-Shrouded Supermassive Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn
Introduction to Cosmic Dawn and Supermassive Black Holes The universe has always held secrets, particularly from its formative years, known as the ‘Cosmic Dawn.’ This remarkable epoch, occurring less than a billion years after the Big Bang, is characterized by the formation of galaxies, stars, and, intriguingly, supermassive black holes. Recent advancements in telescope technology…
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Unlocking the Cosmic Dawn: Discovery of Supermassive Black Holes
The Cosmic Dawn: A Glimpse into the Early Universe Astronomers have long been fascinated by the era known as the Cosmic Dawn, a time when the universe began to transition from the dark ages to a period filled with light, structure, and complexity. Recently, new discoveries have been made that deepen our understanding of this…
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Discovery of Dust-Shrouded Supermassive Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn
Introduction to Cosmic Dawn and Supermassive Black Holes The term “Cosmic Dawn” refers to a pivotal era in the early universe, specifically when stars and galaxies began to form. During this period, which occurred roughly less than a billion years after the Big Bang, the conditions were ripe for the creation of supermassive black holes.…