Supermassive black holes bent the laws of physics to grow to monstrous sizes

[Admin]

Scientists may have cracked one of the biggest mysteries in space science, determining that supermassive black holes bent the laws of physics to grow to their huge sizes.

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[contrarian]

There are alternative means by which SMBHs can form, and not just by "a chain of mergers between progressively larger black holes"

These folks seem to neglect a potential route to BH formation, which is "direct collapse" (DC) to form primordial black holes before stars even formed. BHs from this mechanism could have been the initial source of SMBHs, or at least their starting point. They would be the seeds of galaxy formation, and grow by the accretion mechanism as noted.

This DC route is also suggested as the source of dark matter, where DC can form black holes of various sizes. This concept is suggested in numerous studies so it is not as hair-brained as some might suggest.