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Scientists are getting closer to solving the mysteries of supermassive black holes.
Scientists have made a major discovery, revealing the first hints of an entirely new class of gravitational waves from the early universe. They used a detector that measures the pulsation of extinct stars across the galaxy. This subtle "hum" in the fabric of space-time is likely to provide the first direct view of the supermassive black holes of the early universe, which are located more than 10 billion light-years from Earth.
Although the study still needs to be confirmed, scientists from the International Consortium for Measuring the Time of Pulsars (IPTA), which obtained these results, believe that the preliminary observations are now quite convincing. "This will be the first direct detection of supermassive black holes in the early universe," said Robert Ferdman, an astrophysicist at the University of East Anglia.
This supposed evidence may shed light on many mysterious phenomena, including the evolution of galaxies and the emergence of the"cosmic web". IPTA scientists used a groundbreaking method to monitor the rhythmic beats of pulsars across the Milky Way, hoping to detect the influence of passing gravitational waves.
"The study is proof of what we expect to see in the signature of ultra - low-frequency gravitational waves," Ferdman said. But despite the enthusiasm, he urges caution: "We hope that in the near future we will have a convincing statistical level at which we can claim detection."
If IPTA has indeed detected a new class of low-frequency waves, it means the discovery of a completely new source of information about the universe. Scientists are eager to unravel the mysteries of galaxies and black holes, and perhaps even feel the vibrations of exotic cosmic strings and the effects of the Big Bang.
"There is a parallel way of looking at the universe that was previously unavailable to us," Ferdman concluded. "We can learn things that we didn't even know existed before."
Scientists have made a major discovery, revealing the first hints of an entirely new class of gravitational waves from the early universe. They used a detector that measures the pulsation of extinct stars across the galaxy. This subtle "hum" in the fabric of space-time is likely to provide the first direct view of the supermassive black holes of the early universe, which are located more than 10 billion light-years from Earth.
Although the study still needs to be confirmed, scientists from the International Consortium for Measuring the Time of Pulsars (IPTA), which obtained these results, believe that the preliminary observations are now quite convincing. "This will be the first direct detection of supermassive black holes in the early universe," said Robert Ferdman, an astrophysicist at the University of East Anglia.
This supposed evidence may shed light on many mysterious phenomena, including the evolution of galaxies and the emergence of the"cosmic web". IPTA scientists used a groundbreaking method to monitor the rhythmic beats of pulsars across the Milky Way, hoping to detect the influence of passing gravitational waves.
"The study is proof of what we expect to see in the signature of ultra - low-frequency gravitational waves," Ferdman said. But despite the enthusiasm, he urges caution: "We hope that in the near future we will have a convincing statistical level at which we can claim detection."
If IPTA has indeed detected a new class of low-frequency waves, it means the discovery of a completely new source of information about the universe. Scientists are eager to unravel the mysteries of galaxies and black holes, and perhaps even feel the vibrations of exotic cosmic strings and the effects of the Big Bang.
"There is a parallel way of looking at the universe that was previously unavailable to us," Ferdman concluded. "We can learn things that we didn't even know existed before."
