Among the variety of questions and riddles that disturb the minds of astronomers around the world, is the secret of how giant black holes located in the centers of galaxies become so huge and why it happens so quickly. Finally, scientists have come to explain such an incredible phenomenon.
Based on our knowledge of black holes and how fast they grow, it is very difficult to logically explain the incredible size of supermassive black holes. But nevertheless they exist. And the new images obtained from the comic telescopes Hubble and Chandra, suggest to scientists that they are formed directly from giant clouds of gas.
Previously, scientists believed that giant black holes become even larger due to the attraction and absorption of smaller black holes. However, this option did not explain the question of the speed with which they expand. The process would take place much faster. But if we assume that, being originally a star, which eventually died and turned into gas, from which black holes later formed, then the speed and time with which black holes expand, fits into this concept. Scientists believe that these gas clouds eventually form the so-called black hole seeds, which then self-destruct and turn into supermassive black holes.
To test this theory, researchers at the Italian State Institute of Astrophysics and the higher education institution Scuola Normale Superiore were able to work with the Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer space telescopes. Hubble and Chandra telescopes were able to find and capture the formations, which later became known as the seeds of black holes. Details of this discovery will be published in the upcoming new issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (however, the draft working version can already be found in the ArXiv online library).
"Black Hole Seeds" Through the Eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope
“Black Hole Seeds” Through the Eyes of the Chandra Space Telescope
Although the two newly acquired images do indeed confirm to some extent the theory of “black hole seeds”, researchers still do not consider the question closed.
“The seeds of black holes are incredibly difficult to find, and then confirm their presence,” said study co-author Andrea Grazian of the State Institute of Astrophysics.
"However, we believe that our research allowed us to find at least two candidates."
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