Isiniwalat ng National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) nitong Huwebes, Hulyo 6, na namataan ng James Webb Space Telescope nito ang pinakamalayong “active supermassive black hole” na naitala hanggang sa kasalukuyan.
“The galaxy, CEERS 1019, existed just over 570 million years after the big bang, and its black hole is less massive than any other yet identified in the early universe,” pahayag ng NASA.
“Not only that, they’ve easily ‘shaken out’ two more black holes that are also on the smaller side, and existed 1 and 1.1 billion years after the big bang,” dagdag nito.
Binanggit din ng NASA na magkatulad ang black hole sa loob ng CEERS 1019 at ang black hole sa gitna ng Milky Way galaxy.
HS Romualdez, ikinatuwa pagkapanalo ng mga kandidato ng Lakas-CMD: 'A victory of trust!
“This black hole is also not as bright as the more massive behemoths previously detected. Though smaller, this black hole existed so much earlier that it is still difficult to explain how it formed so soon after the universe began,” anang NASA.
Inihayag naman ng ahensya na sa ngayon ay ang CEERS 1019 ang naitalang pinakamalayong “active supermassive black hole” ngunit sinusuri rin umano ng stronomical community ang iba pang malalayong black holes na namataan ng Webb.
Samantala, natukoy rin umano ng Webb ang 11 galaxies na umiral noong nasa 470 hanggang 675 milyong taong gulang ang universe.
“The evidence was provided by Webb’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey, led by Steven Finkelstein of the University of Texas at Austin,” saad ng NASA.
“The program combines Webb’s highly detailed near- and mid-infrared images and data known as spectra, all of which were used to make these discoveries,” dagdag nito.
