NASA astronomers have, with the help of Hubble, discovered a galaxy dubbed GNz7q, which maybe the missing link between early luminous quasars and starburst galaxies.
Hubble may be nearing the end of it's story, but the data it acquired over the decades continues to pay off. NASA has discovered a galaxy that could represent the "missing link" between two early stages of a galaxy's existence.
Astronomers believe the galaxy, dubbed GNz7q, has a rapidly developing blackhole at its heart, which could help explain how supermassive blackholes, which have masses millions or billions of times that of our sun, grow so quickly.
In what is known as the dawn of the universe, the galaxy existed only 750 million years after the big bang. Supermassive blackholes, according to scientists, begin as dusty starbursts, a period when stars grow at a rapid rate. They then discharge vast amounts of dust and gas, transforming into a luminous quasar, a luminous galactic nucleus thousands of t...