NASA Discovers A Black Hole That's Growing At An Alarming Rate

NASA Discovers A Black Hole That's Growing At An Alarming Rate

In June 2022, Australian scientists discovered a quasar that emits unusually bright light. The stunning view was generated by the supermassive black hole J1144 with a mass of over three billion suns. The image shows it as a bright blue spot. It's not the first time astronomers have encountered such giants, but this one is special.

In the known universe, there are no black holes equal to J1144 in appetite. Every second it absorbs a mass equivalent to the mass of the Earth! It eats up so much matter that its event horizon is unusually wide - the orbits of all the planets in the solar system could fit inside of it! Scientists have concluded it’s the fastest growing black hole to have existed in the last 9 billion years.

A huge red-hot accretion disk formed around J1144 shines 7,000 times brighter than the light of the entire Milky Way. It's so bright, even amateur astronomers can see it with a powerful enough telescope.

How dangerous is the black hole and many thousands other black holes that may lie much closer to us? How many of them surround our solar system or even sit right there? And are all black holes the same?

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The Destiny voice:

[Bladerunner]

Look, there's absolutely nothing, nothing we can do about it. So stop worrying it and just live your life to the fullest.

[alexclark]

the "3 billion suns" corresponding number on screen definitely has 3 too few zeroes...

[Paul_Ironwolf]

What if its not the universe that is expanding, but its just our little galaxy that is already circling down a supermasive blackhole toilet, thus everything seems to be going further away from our perspective while in reality we are simply shrinking? Would explain lack of aliens too.
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[croboyjr]

Keep the information going, this information is helpful for people who has just started an astronomical job or just for interest. This has helped me understand what they are and to not worry about them.

[DillonMeyer]

Whether its a threat or not doesn't matter for worrying about. It's something we can't possibly control or prevent, so there's no reason to worry. Same thing as the inevitable knowledge that the planet or the sun will eventually blow up or implode.
That said, studying it because of its rapid growth is something new and exciting for science, which is always a nice thing.

[ashleykauffman]

If we do get any where close to it, it will be in a good thousand years, you could still worry, but it won’t be bad for now! Have a good day and don’t stress yourself to much about it

[Tipi]

Luckily, we humans, are loooong gone before these things happen.

[paulsmith]

Recently Scientist have created positive and anti matter particle pairs out of nothing at all. Perhaps the immense gravitational fields black holes create actually creates matter. Could black holes create the matter in galaxies?

[Dvdh]

There’s 1000 things scarier on earth then that black hole tbh

[gizenplayz]

Wonder why topics like these are very interesting, though I can't use this type of information right now. Great job for making this informative video.

[FFanCanuck]

The thumbnail shows ‘our galaxy’ in comparison to the blackhole… which is clearly incorrect. It was likely meant to read ‘our solar system’, but even that is incorrect as the diameter of it’s event horizon is not nearly as large as the graphic suggests.

[Boundlxss_]

The question is why would they even be it ain't gonna do shit to our solar system

[corvusdove]

I love how much the Universe Sandbox was used in the making of this video.

[nmadfernan]

every second it gobbles one earth, pretty scary for halloween

[uniquenova]

I've just accepted fate at this point

[BH-wjlx]

I believe in Jesus He moves in diffrent realms outside of time and the seeable realm He teaches to move in the unseen realm He is the word of God that holds all things together everything was made through Him and for Him

[bobbymoss]

LMAO, are you serious? Humans won't be around anymore by the time a black hole becomes a threat to the Solar system.

[Nocturn]

I love this channel so much!!! I love everything from space, so many questions, so much to discover! 😁👍🏻

[aidanswantek]

How can u be scared of a black hole when we won’t know when it’ll suck us in? Heck, we won’t know what’s going on when it sucks us in.

[Jaybird-ooih]

if there is one close theres nothing we can do about it lol