Artist’s Impression of Black Hole LID-568
This artist’s illustration shows a rapidly feeding black hole that is emitting powerful gas outflows. Using data from NASA's JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers have discovered this low-mass supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. It is accreting matter at a phenomenal rate — over 40 times the theoretical limit. While short lived, this black hole’s ‘feast’ could help astronomers explain how supermassive black holes grew so quickly in the early Universe.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/M. Zamani
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2427d |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | Nov. 4, 2024, 9 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2427 |
Size: | 4898 x 2880 px |
About the Object
Category: | Illustrations |
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