March 14, 2019 2:18 PM
Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away from Earth
Astronomers have discovered 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away from the Earth, from a time when the universe was less than 10 per cent of its present age. A professor at Princeton University in the US, Michael Strauss said, it is remarkable that such massive dense objects were able to form so soon after the Big Bang. He said in a statement that the understanding how black holes can form in the early universe, and just how common they are, is a challenge fo...