Space, the latest discovery that leaves the astronomy world stunned: it cannot be explained

In recent years, space discoveries have revolutionized the world of astronomy, especially thanks to powerful new tools.

Astronomy has a very long history, as it was born even in the era when observations were made with the naked eye. Different civilizations, which have followed each other through the centuries, have never neglected to observe the sky, In fact they have always tried to create something that could Help them see more. In fact, the first sky scientists were the peoples of Mesopotamia, the Greeks, the Persians, the Chinese, the ancient Egyptians, and even the famous peoples of Mesoamerica.

But what did they see with the naked eye? Notably, their notes made up in mapping visible stars and planets, with the aim of studying their motions and understanding how the universe works.

Another great astronomical discovery

The most powerful space telescope in history, called James Webb, made another great astronomical discovery. This huge telescope, equipped with a gold-plated mirror 6.5 meters in diameter, was launched in December 2021, and after “parking” at the L2 Lagrange point 1.5 million km from Earth, It will be fully operational from the summer of 2022. James Webb is the result of a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Curiosity: The primary mirror is made of beryllium, and on the surface there is a very thin layer of gold, the size of which is no more than 100 nanometers, which is 1000 times thinner than a human hair. Moreover, the most important feature of James Webb is the possibility of infrared observation.

In fact, the expansion of the universe, which is constantly occurring, is expanding not only space, but also light. Thus, a ray of light that started from billions of light years away is affected by the expansion of the universe during its journey. Therefore, after some time it becomes a visible beam only in the infrared. And for this Why the James Webb Telescope can see things so far away. Recently, this very powerful telescope was able to capture the electromagnetic radiation of three supermassive black holes. Even more amazing is the fact that this radiation was emitted about 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang by the first discovered black hole, 1 billion years after the second and 570 million years after the discovery of the third black hole.

In fact, these numbers are not huge, but they are very small compared to the age of the universe, since the Big Bang occurred about 14 billion years ago. So, James Webb captured something that happened about 13-13.5 billion years ago. In addition, the largest supermassive black hole ever discovered in the history of space exploration was discovered. To be precise, it is a massive black hole About 9 million solar masses, that is, quite similar to a black hole It is located in the center of the Milky Way. Currently, scientists are trying to understand how it formed, and why it was born so early, just 570 million years after the Big Bang. Some hypotheses suggest that it could have formed from the merger of two galaxies.