行星能在黑洞周圍形成嗎？
Could planets form around black holes?
Updated at: June 4, 2026 at 03:30 AM
數十年來，我們一直將黑洞僅視為宇宙的毀滅者，是會吞噬路徑上一切事物的重力怪獸。
For decades, we have viewed black holes solely as cosmic destroyers, gravitational monsters that consume everything in their path.
然而，近期的天體物理學研究正挑戰此一陳腔濫調，暗示這些巨人可能扮演著意想不到的「行星工廠」角色。
However, recent astrophysical research is challenging this trope, suggesting these giants might act as unexpected 'planet factories.'
科學家提出了一種名為「黑洞行星」（blanets）的概念，即在超大質量黑洞周圍由氣體和塵埃組成的巨大吸積盤中形成的行星。
Scientists have proposed the existence of 'blanets'—planets formed within the massive accretion disks of gas and dust surrounding supermassive black holes.
就像圍繞著年輕恆星的原行星盤一樣，這些旋轉的圓盤提供了足夠的原材料，使塵埃顆粒得以碰撞並聚集成團，特別是在「雪線」之外的區域。
Much like the protoplanetary disks around young stars, these swirling disks provide enough raw material for dust grains to collide and clump together, especially beyond the 'snow line.'
在這些廣闊的空間中，黑洞行星的質量可能成長至地球的數千倍。
In these vast regions, blanets could grow to be thousands of times more massive than Earth.
雖然這些環境極為嚴苛，但理論模型顯示在遠離事件視界的地方存在著穩定的軌道。
While these environments are intense, theoretical models suggest stable orbits exist far from the event horizon.
宜居性仍是一大障礙，因為來自吸積盤的輻射將會帶來嚴重的破壞。
Habitability remains a massive hurdle, as the radiation from the accretion disk would be punishing.
然而，生命透過潮汐能或宇宙背景輻射獲得熱量的可能性，使得相關討論持續進行。
Yet, the possibility of life heated by tidal energy or cosmic background radiation keeps the debate alive.
儘管我們目前尚無法用望遠鏡觀測到它們，但黑洞行星的概念迫使我們重新思考行星形成的界限，這證明了即使是在宇宙最極端的角落，可能都有新的世界等待著誕生。
Though we cannot currently detect them with our telescopes, the concept of blanets forces us to rethink our boundaries of planetary formation, proving that even in the most extreme corners of the universe, new worlds may be waiting to be born.
