Steve Dustcircle 🌹Nov 12, 2024

How Did Supermassive #BlackHoles Get So Big, So Early? They Might Have Had a Head Start

Supermassive Black Holes (#SMBHs) can have billions of #solarmasses, and observational evidence suggests that all large #galaxies have one at their centres. However, the #JWST has revealed a foundational #cosmic mystery.

https://www.universetoday.com/169212/how-did-supermassive-black-holes-get-so-big-so-early-they-might-have-had-a-head-start/

How Did Supermassive Black Holes Get So Big, So Early? They Might Have Had a Head Start

The powerful JWST has shown us that SMBHs existed a lot sooner than we thought. Can Primordial Black Hole seeds explain it?

Universe Today
CorradoSep 2, 2023

#Supermassiveblackholes (#SMBHs)—black holes with masses exceeding a million times that of the #sun—are known to prevail in the #universe today. However, it is not clear yet when, where, and how they formed during the 13.8 billion years of #cosmichistory.

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-supermassive-black-holes-early-universe.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Hunting for supermassive black holes in the early universe

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs)—black holes with masses exceeding a million times that of the sun—are known to prevail in the universe today. However, it is not clear yet when, where, and how they formed during the 13.8 billion years of cosmic history.

Phys.org