{"id":390665,"date":"2026-04-21T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390665\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:04:08","slug":"galaxies-may-still-be-shaped-by-black-holes-that-were-created-before-the-big-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390665\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxies may still be shaped by black holes that were created before the Big Bang."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Black holes that were created prior to the Big Bang may still exist today as surviving remnants, according to research.&#13; A new explanation for how galaxies arose and why invisible stuff predominates in them would be provided by these old objects, which would include mass and structure from a previous cosmic era. &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">According to this theory, rather of starting from a single genesis, relic black holes originate from a cosmos that constricted before rebounding into expansion.&#13; Enrique Gazta\u00f1aga from the University of Portsmouth demonstrated that some compact things will endure a &#8220;cosmic bounce&#8221; by tracking how structures respond during that transition.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Black holes that existed prior to the Big Bang&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">A universe that first contracts to an incredibly compact, densely packed state where matter is crushed to its limits is referred to as a cosmic bounce.&#13; The universe expands outward once more into the vast, expanding cosmos we see today as a result of that compression stopping and reversing rather than collapsing into nothing.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">After that, space starts to expand once more, carrying with it any constructions that were able to withstand the change. &#13;Instead of forming again after the hot beginning, those survivors would retain characteristics from the previous collapse, suggesting that there may be more relics that could still have an impact on the universe today.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Beyond a single start&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">The expansion of the cosmos and the dispersion of stuff are still well explained by standard cosmology.&#13; The wide dispersion of galaxies and faint remnants of the early cosmos are also consistent with that image.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">According to Planck measurements, in a universe that is 13.8 billion years old, dark matter\u2014invisible mass seen by gravity\u2014is around five times more abundant than regular matter.&#13; By substituting one explosive start with a collapse that reverses course rather than completely violating physics, bounce models revive such issues. &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Where the laws of physics fail&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">The typical Big Bang proceeds backward in Einstein&#8217;s equations until it reaches a singularity, which is the point at which current physics can no longer produce useful predictions.&#13; Infinities frequently inform physicists that their description has exceeded its safe range, according to Gazta\u00f1aga, which is why warning signs were important.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\"> Prof. Gazta\u00f1aga stated, &#8220;Singularities frequently indicate that our theoretical description has reached its limits.&#8221;&#13; In his version, contraction is allowed to reach an excessive but finite density before reversing before the math becomes illogical.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Everything is altered by pressure.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">According to the model, intense compression created quantum pressure near that turnaround, which prevented further collapse. &#13;The concept incorporates a well-known stabilising effect from white dwarfs and neutron stars, which already benefit from similar pressure to prevent unending squeezing.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Without the need for a further trigger, the rebound in this image similarly resembles inflation, a period of extraordinarily quick early expansion.&#13; The suggestion attempts to address multiple issues at once because the same configuration may also be connected to today&#8217;s rapid expansion.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Certain things cannot endure&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Because only things greater than roughly 295 feet could stay beyond the cosmic horizon and escape being disrupted, size dictates what survives the bounce.&#13; Objects or ripples that stay outside that limit avoid being rearranged, because forces cannot act across them during the crossing.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">According to calculations, gravitational waves, spacetime ripples, compact objects, and dense &#13;Because various survivors would leave distinct imprints in later galaxies and the sky, that wide menu is important.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Black holes could act like dark matter.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Relic black holes in galaxies would function similarly to the invisible mass already deduced from orbital velocities and the general distribution of galaxies.&#13; Because gravity doesn&#8217;t care if matter glows, they would act like dark matter if they were present in large quantities.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">In contrast to many particle theories, this version would merely require ancient items that have survived an earlier collapse rather than an undiscovered element.&#13; The problem with abundance is that too few artefacts would explain very little, and too many would push boundaries.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">The first galaxies&#8217; seeds &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Preexisting black holes may provide the initial galaxies with an advantage during the early stages of galaxy formation.&#13; Webb has already discovered small red dots and other tiny red objects that frequently appear to be connected to feeding black holes.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">According to Gazta\u00f1aga, &#8220;the early Universe would not need to start from scratch when building the first galaxies if massive black holes already existed immediately after the bounce.&#8221;&#13; That would make it easier to figure out why some massive black holes first arose in the history of the universe.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Waiting signals&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">There would need to be indirect evidence of a collapse phase before the Big Bang, when the cosmos was contracting rather than expanding, in patterns that no telescope has yet to identify. &#13; A background of relic gravitational waves, which would retain motion from the previous phase, is one objective.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Another is the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which is residual radiation from the early, hot universe and may have ancient scars in the form of faint patterns.&#13; Additionally, light may be bent or hot gas may be stirred by tiny effects from ancient compact things, providing future surveys with something to rule in or out.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">There are still many unanswered questions.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Large assertions are subject to rigorous scrutiny, and this one relies on presumptions regarding the formation of structures during contraction.&#13; These presumptions determine the number of surviving relics, their mass, and whether or not they cluster together in ways that astronomers would observe.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">Other models attempt to explain early black holes without a bounce, while competing theories continue to use particles to describe dark matter. &#13; Gazta\u00f1aga continued, &#8220;But if the Universe did bounce, the dark structures shaping galaxies today could be remnants from a cosmic epoch that preceded the Big Bang.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14azzlx-P e1ccqnho0\">When taken as a totality, the idea transforms black holes from debris from the fiery beginning into potential messengers from earlier times.&#13; Whether this theory remains controversial or becomes practical will depend on improved maps of early light, compact objects, and gravitational waves. &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black holes that were created prior to the Big Bang may still exist today as surviving remnants, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[42611,5195,9218,8834,7022,3595,5426,6069,27277,7810,111,139,69,393,147,27302,6100,1361,223,3608],"class_list":{"0":"post-390665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-physics","8":"tag-bang","9":"tag-be","10":"tag-before","11":"tag-big","12":"tag-black","13":"tag-by","14":"tag-created","15":"tag-galaxies","16":"tag-holes","17":"tag-may","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-physics","22":"tag-science","23":"tag-shaped","24":"tag-still","25":"tag-that","26":"tag-the","27":"tag-were"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}