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An astronomical discovery made with the James Webb Space Telescope has forced scientists to reconsider existing theories about the formation of supermassive black holes in the early Universe. The discovered quasars, which formed just 800 million years after the Big Bang, have a mass billions of times greater than the mass of the Sun, which contradicts all known models of the development of cosmic objects, Popular Mechanics reports.
According to conventional wisdom, black holes of this size simply could not have formed in such a short period of time, forcing scientists to look for alternative explanations for their origin.
A new study, published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, offers an unexpected solution to this mystery. Scientists suggest that a special type of dark matter may have played a key role in the formation of supermassive black holes — superself-interacting.
The peculiarity of this type of dark matter is that its particles have strong internal interactions. Due to this property, they concentrated in the centers of young galaxies, forming superdense clumps. Under the influence of gravity, these clumps could contract, turning into black holes, which then rapidly increased their mass, absorbing surrounding matter.
Computer simulations have confirmed the viability of this theory, demonstrating that superself-interacting dark matter could indeed have created the conditions for the formation of supermassive black holes in the early stages of the universe's development.
Scientists believe that this discovery could be a turning point in understanding the role of dark matter in the formation of cosmic structures. If further research confirms this hypothesis, humanity will be able to get closer to solving the nature of dark matter - one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics.
An astronomical discovery made with the James Webb Space Telescope has forced scientists to reconsider existing theories about the formation of supermassive black holes in the early Universe. The discovered quasars, which formed just 800 million years after the Big Bang, have a mass billions of times greater than the mass of the Sun, which contradicts all known models of the development of cosmic objects, Popular Mechanics reports.
According to conventional wisdom, black holes of this size simply could not have formed in such a short period of time, forcing scientists to look for alternative explanations for their origin.
A new study, published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, offers an unexpected solution to this mystery. Scientists suggest that a special type of dark matter may have played a key role in the formation of supermassive black holes — superself-interacting.
The peculiarity of this type of dark matter is that its particles have strong internal interactions. Due to this property, they concentrated in the centers of young galaxies, forming superdense clumps. Under the influence of gravity, these clumps could contract, turning into black holes, which then rapidly increased their mass, absorbing surrounding matter.
Computer simulations have confirmed the viability of this theory, demonstrating that superself-interacting dark matter could indeed have created the conditions for the formation of supermassive black holes in the early stages of the universe's development.
Scientists believe that this discovery could be a turning point in understanding the role of dark matter in the formation of cosmic structures. If further research confirms this hypothesis, humanity will be able to get closer to solving the nature of dark matter - one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics.
