Black, heavy and old hole

2007/07/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Astronomia

Astronomers have discovered an old black hole of over 500 million Sun. It is called CFHQS J2329-0301 and, besides being one of the heaviest found, it is very old, since it has calculated that it was born 13 billion years ago. It is discovered using the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope, located on Mauna Kea Island in Hawaii, and is discovered with a quasar in the center. According to astronomers, it is surprising that such a large mass object was created so early, as the universe was up to 700 million years old.