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This Ancient Black Hole May Have Made a Galaxy Instead of Eating It, Astronomers Say
['Ryan Whalen']
The Debrief
Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking first proposed the primordial black hole concept back in the 1970s, a type of black hole that could only be formed by the extreme heat and density found in the first second following the Big Bang.
Lacking much of a halo, the black hole is considered almost “naked,” a confusing situation to the astronomers viewing QSO1, as it flies in the face of our assumptions about black hole formation.
The galaxy surrounding the black hole appears to be much smaller than would be anticipated for a hole of QSO1’s size.
Direct collapse black holes are another type of black hole that has remained only a theoretical possibility, involving the collapse of raw gas clouds instead of stars.
More Little Red Dots and supermassive black hole mass measurements will help clarify the earliest black hole formations, providing evidence one way or the other for black hole primacy as a cosmic reality.
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