James Webb finds evidence of supermassive star brighter than 1 million suns

The James Webb Telescope has found evidence of supermassive stars brighter than 1 million Suns, according to information published in the journal Phys.Org. publication identified the stars that would be the largest in the universe as “celestial monsters”. NASA scientists note that the mass of some of these stars can be up to 10,000 times the mass of our Sun.

According to data from the James Webb Infrared Telescope, supermassive stars (the so-called “heavenly monsters”) can have masses between 5,000 and 10,000 Suns and can be located in globular clusters – places with a high density of stars that can reach up to 1 million. existence has been theorized for several years, but until today no actual evidence of their existence has been found. The results were published in the scientific journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Evidence suggests the existence of supermassive stars

Scientists used powerful infrared radiation from James Webb to find hints of supermassive stars. The satellite captured light from one of the most distant and youngest known galaxies in our universe, GN-z11, located about 13.3 billion light-years from planet Earth. Analyzing the light spectrum, researchers managed to back up their theory about the existence of supermassive stars. “It was found that [a galáxia Gn-z11] contains very high proportions of nitrogen and a very high density of starscommented Daniel Scherer, Professor in the Department of Astronomy at UNIGE’s Faculty of Natural Sciences and co-author of the study.

What does it mean?

This indicates that globular clusters are forming there. “The strong presence of nitrogen can only be explained by the combustion of hydrogen at extremely high temperatures, which can only be reached by the cores of supermassive stars.Therefore, the idea is that such clusters generate massive energy-transfer collisions to keep these “heavenly monsters” intensely bright. According to scientists, this would be the only way to keep up the intense heat produced by such stars.

For now evidence found by James Webb only reinforces the theory proposed by scientists. Therefore, this cannot be considered a true discovery of supermassive stars, and mathematical studies will test the assumptions. In any case, it is on the basis of the analysis of these data that researchers explore the mysteries of space. As technology advances, agencies like NASA are investing millions of dollars in unraveling the mysteries of the universe.

The James Webb telescope has identified the four galaxies farthest from Earth
The clusters detected by the equipment’s infrared technology formed in the early years of the universe.

Source: BGR, Phys.Org.

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