Are Black Holes Way Smaller Than We’ve Believed?

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What if the universe’s biggest monsters aren’t as massive as we thought? :milky_way: A groundbreaking new study reveals that supermassive black holes may actually be ten times smaller than scientists once believed. Using the powerful GRAVITY+ instrument, researchers measured a distant quasar 12 billion light years away and found shocking results. This could completely change what we know about the growth of galaxies and the evolution of the universe. WooGlobe Ref : WGA310906 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00What if the universe's biggest monsters aren't as massive as we thought?

00:04A new study has revealed that supermassive black holes

00:07might actually be 10 times smaller than earlier estimates.

00:10Scientists from the University of Southampton

00:13used a groundbreaking tool called gravity

00:15to measure a black hole at the heart of a galaxy

00:1812 billion light-years away.

00:20The result shocked them.

00:22Instead of being impossibly huge,

00:24this so-called cosmic giant was still enormous

00:26at 800 million times the mass of the Sun,

00:29but nowhere near as massive as predicted.

00:31That means astronomers may have been overestimating black holes for years.

00:35The jets of gas and intense radiation from these galactic beasts

00:39may have tricked telescopes into thinking they were bigger than they really are.

00:43If confirmed, this discovery could rewrite our understanding

00:46of how galaxies and black holes grow and evolve.

00:49So maybe the scariest monsters in space just got a little less terrifying.

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