Researchers spot black hole feeding at 40x its theoretical limit
Researchers discovered black hole LID-568, feeding at 40 times the Eddington Limit, challenging theories on supermassive black hole growth. Its feeding may have impacted star formation in its dwarf galaxy.
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Researchers have discovered a black hole, designated LID-568, that appears to be feeding at a rate 40 times higher than the theoretical Eddington Limit for millions of years. This finding, made possible by the Webb Space Telescope, challenges existing theories about the growth of supermassive black holes, which are typically thought to be limited by radiation pressure that drives away nearby matter. LID-568, located in a dwarf galaxy and observed as it existed 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, is estimated to have a mass of about one million solar masses. Its brightness and X-ray emissions suggest it has been consuming matter at an extraordinary rate, potentially explaining the rapid formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe. The study indicates that LID-568's intense feeding may have interfered with star formation in its galaxy, leading to a relatively low number of stars. This discovery opens new avenues for understanding how supermassive black holes can grow so quickly and may prompt further searches for similar black holes that exceed the Eddington Limit.
- A black hole named LID-568 is feeding at 40 times the theoretical limit.
- The discovery was made using the Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Telescope.
- LID-568's feeding rate challenges existing theories about black hole growth.
- The black hole is located in a dwarf galaxy and is about one million solar masses.
- Its intense feeding may have affected star formation in its galaxy.
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5 commentsI don’t think the black holes are the ones with the problem.
I'm not a physicist but it's interesting to think about the implications:
1. No singularity at the center of a black hole
2. Universe's expansion rate is not constant because it's blackholes powering it with matter
3. Eventually expansion slows, stops and reverses
And now my own crazy ideas:
1. Maybe the universe is a inside a black hole
2. Maybe the big bang was a result of the birth of another black hole somewhere else, and that the rapid expansion rate of the early universe was due to the a huge amount of matter converted into dark energy by this black hole
Or maybe they already proved that black holes consume some dark matter but at a much lower rate to explained this.
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