Tau.Neutrino said:
New model suggests black holes gain mass as the universe expands
There are many mysteries surrounding black holes, and now a team of astronomers has proposed a novel solution to one of them – why are so many observed black holes more massive than expected? A new model suggests that their growth may be “cosmologically coupled” to the expansion of the universe.
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> “We thought to consider the opposite effect,” says Duncan Farrah, co-author of the study. “What would LIGO–Virgo observe if black holes were cosmologically coupled and gained energy without needing to consume other stars or gas?”
ie. add a new constant, black hole coupling, to the standard model of physics in order to explain the discepancy between observation and existing theory.
Makes sense. It’s not right, because there is no discrepancy between existing theory and observations, not when black holes are created from dark matter.
> The most common explanation is that they grow by swallowing up matter, including dust, gas, stars, or other black holes.
See, they’ve missed dark matter.