The universe is riddled with 4 holes, the culprit is a 'monster' black hole

Scientists have found four massive holes at the center of a galaxy cluster thanks to NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which are linked to a pair of monstrous black holes.

Astronomer Francesco Ubertosi from the University of Bologna (Italy), the lead author of the study, said that these are two pairs of giant cavities, very different shapes and orientations.

According to Phys.org, galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the universe, bound together by gravity, consisting of hundreds or even thousands of individual galaxies with huge amounts of hot gas and dark matter, not normally visible.

Image shows mysterious cosmic holes

The diffuse hot gas differs from clusters that are much more massive than the galaxies themselves, and glow brightly when "looked" with X-rays the way Chandra did.

The cluster of galaxies studied this time, called RBS 797, is 3.9 billion light-years from Earth.

4 holes in 4 different directions

Cosmic holes of the same type have been detected in other galaxy clusters, and scientists have long hypothesized that they are the result of powerful black hole eruptions. When extremely large "monster" black holes swallow large amounts of matter, they release a tremendous jet stream that pierces the hot gas.

The results of RBS 797 data analysis have indeed identified two monster black holes, launching jet streams in two nearly perpendicular directions. The findings are clear evidence for the above hypothesis.