Bluesky user highlights black-hole-formation implication
3Sep 20 2:03 AM · 4d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 3 of 3
A Bluesky post summarizes the findings for a general audience, emphasizing that collapsing dark stars could explain unexpectedly massive early supermassive black holes.
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“webb might've spotted dark stars powered by dark matter in the early universe. these could get to 1M solar masses and 1B solar brightness... fascinating stuff.”
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Katherine FreeseDirector, Weinberg Institute for Theoretical Physics, UT Austin
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webb might've spotted dark stars powered by dark matter in the early universe. these could get to 1M solar masses and 1B solar brightness. wild to think their collapse could explain early supermassive black holes ~1B solar masses. fascinating stuff.
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