Dawn of time? Oldest monster black hole ever found could ‘prove Big Bang NEVER happened

A SUPERMASSIVE black hole has left scientists questioning beginning of life.

By Jamie Micklethwaite /

“It will become a gold mine for follow-up studies”

Eduardo Banados

Astronomers have found the monster black hole, nearly as old as the universe itself, chewing through clouds.

The phenomenon is so big, that it is currently 800 million times the mass of the sun.

Boffins believe that the central mass of the black hole existed when our universe was only 5% of its current age.

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    The astronomer who discovered the phenomenon, Eduardo Banados said: “The particular quasar is so bright that it will become a gold mine for follow-up studies and will be a crucial laboratory to study the early universe.

    “We have already secured observations for this object with a number of the most powerful telescopes in the world. More surprises may arise.”

    Quasar J1342+0928 comes from a time known as the dark ages, where a spontaneous eruption was believed to create the Big Bang.

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      But experts believe that this and other black holes could point to a new theory – of the world being created by the Big Bounce.

      Black holes are believed to be created when a star collapses on itself, and begins eating other stars.

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        But the Quasar J1342+0928 is believed to be too big to have formed by that method, and must have been created by something else.

        He added: “Gathering all this mass in fewer than 690 million years is an enormous challenge for theories of supermassive black hole growth.”

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