Astronomers believe they are getting a glimpse of the formation of black holes, the Hubble Space Telescope saw a collection of rays and shadows millions of light-years away from the center of the galaxy.
Black holes are the greatest monsters in the universe, quickly consuming everything around them. Their gravity is so powerful that even light cannot escape them, an extraordinary fact that makes them invisible to us and therefore incredibly difficult to study.
However, experts have noticed that the huge shadows and the narrow, bright rays drawn from the center of the Galaxy IC 5063, seem to be standing in the way of something terrifying.
Experts believe that at the heart of the galaxy may be a black hole casting its shadow into space, and a burst of configuration can give them a glimpse of its composition.
Some shafts of light penetrate gaps in the dust ring, creating bright rays that resemble beams of light that can be seen radiating from the sun at sunset.
“We think we’ve found evidence that there is probably all the dust on the scattered light of a galaxy expanding a black hole in the galaxy’s active structure, and that light can illuminate almost the entire galaxy.” Peter Masim, an astronomer at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, explained.
Because scientists have never seen this phenomenon before, it will take them a while to prove for sure that black holes are the cause of strange shadows and beams. However, development presents a rich opportunity for aspiring scientific discovery and further research.
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