Leading scientist Dr James Nightingale told AndrewMarr9 the black hole's discovery could help us to further understand the laws of nature as it shows us where nature is 'acting at its most extreme'
The astronomers say the "ultramassive" black hole was discovered by observing its pull on passing light, a technique known as gravitational lensing.The scientists say their findings, published in the journalThe paper’s lead author, Dr James Nightingale, said the discovery helps us to further understand the laws of nature as the black hole is where nature is "acting at its most extreme".
: "The most important thing it would teach us about the origins of the universe is that it tells us the upper limit of how large a black hole can feasibly be. "By knowing how large the biggest black holes near us today …that means we know how much the black holes must have grown since they initially formed at the very beginnings of the universe.
"The bigger the black holes we find today, therefore, the more constraints that puts on what the universe must have done in the beginnings to form the initial seeds of these black holes."
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