"Astronomers have detected a likely binary star pair, designated as D9, orbiting the supermassive black hole Sag A* at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
As the name implies, a binary consists of two stars bound by gravity orbiting around their common center of mass.
Based on uniformitarian assumptions and the presence of gas and dust around the binary pair, astronomers concluded the binary has an age of “just” 2.7 million years, the “blink of a cosmic eye” by long-age reckoning.
Even though astronomers have long believed that stars (and their associated planets) could not form so close to a supermassive black hole, Big Bang astronomers concluded that D9 formed near Sag A*:
*But this sounds like wishful thinking.
Even though astronomers have long believed that stars (and their associated planets) could not form so close to a supermassive black hole, Big Bang astronomers concluded that D9 formed near Sag A*:
"The fact that these binary stars so near Sag A* have survived the tremendous gravity of this black hole indicates that these environments may actually be stable enough to allow for the birth of planets, the scientists behind the discovery say. Black holes are not as destructive as we thought, research lead author and University of Cologne scientist Florian Peiβker said in a statement."
*But this sounds like wishful thinking.
--The intense radiation and enormous gravity near a supermassive black hole have long been thought to make them “unlikely” candidates for supposed “stellar nurseries.”
Astronomers have observed stars in the process of being torn apart
by nearby black holes.
--So regions close to a black hole are not stable, and this discovery does nothing to change that. Granted, D9 is thought to be at a relatively “safe” distance from Sag A*, but it is still difficult to see, in general, how stars and planets could slowly and gradually form near the galactic center.
*Of course, there is another possibility.
*Of course, there is another possibility.
--Perhaps God created D9 near Sag A* not that long ago, and insufficient time has elapsed, despite the extreme environment at the galactic center, for the binary pair to merge or be disrupted by tidal forces."
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