NASA's Webb Telescope Finds Supermassive Black Hole In The Oldest Galaxy

Scientists found a black hole using the Webb telescope (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA A group of scientists studied the oldest galaxy called GN-z11 using the James Webb Space Telescope. The object they managed to find was a supermassive black hole.

Roberto Maiolino, the lead researcher from the operandial Laboratory, said that this black hole is in the center of the galaxy. The astronomical object is very active and rapidly collects surrounding matter.

"We found a very dense gas that usually occurs around supermassive black holes that produce gas. This is the first clear sign that GN-z11 hosts a black hole that feeds on matter," Maiolino said, quoted from theNASA blog.

Sementara itu, Peneliti Hannah Holer dari Labora Laborasi ruangkah mengatakan bahwa timnya menemukan indikasi unsur tembak ionisasi di dekat ruang black. Ia dan rekannya juga menemukan angin bercepat tinggi di galaksi GN-z11.

"NIRCam (Close Infrared Camera) Webb has uncovered an expanded component, traced its parent galaxy, and a centralized and dense source whose color is consistent with the color of the accretion disk that surrounds the black hole," explained wayler.

Overall, some of these findings show that GN-z11 does have a black hole. With a mass of 2 million suns, this black hole is very active in consuming matter so that the light from the object is very bright.

Maiolino formed another team to find helium gas in the light circle of the GN-z11 galaxy. The scientists used the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), one of James Webb's instruments.

The results show that they did not find any material other than helium. According to Maiolino, "This is something theory and simulations expect around massive galaxies at this time, that there should have been pockets of pure gas holding in the circle of light."