Newly Discovered ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Could Prove How Ancient Supermassive Black Holes Formed

Newly Discovered ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Could Prove How Ancient Supermassive Black Holes Formed

This collision of two galaxies could demonstrate that theorized “direct collapse black holes” exist.

Infrared Universe: The Galactic 'Eyes' of IC 2163 & NGC 2207 | Webb & Hubble

Infrared Universe: The Galactic 'Eyes' of IC 2163 & NGC 2207 | Webb & HubbleNGC 2207 is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies. Their bright nuclei resemble a striking set of eyes. Though individual stars are too far apart to collide, the material between the stars merges to create high-density pockets of gas. These regions gravitationally collapse, triggering a firestorm of star birth. The galaxy collision will go on for several millions of years,…

Infinity Galaxy offers evidence of direct collapse black hole

Researchers Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University and Gabriel Brammer of the University of Copenhagen have uncovered a remarkable cosmic system in archival data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s COSMOS-Web survey: a pair of colliding disk galaxies whose overlapping rings create a glowing figure-eight, dubbed the “Infinity Galaxy.”  But it’s not just the shapeContinue reading "Webb Telescope discovers possible direct collapse black hole in gal…

Newly Discovered ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Could Prove How Ancient Supermassive Black Holes Formed – Monkey Viral

A team of astronomers have discovered a curious figure in the universe. It is two distant galaxies colliding with each other to form a larger structure. From Earth’s perspective, the junction of the disks resembles the number eight lying down, similar to the infinity symbol (∞). Because of this resemblance, the researchers—who are based at […]