Astrophysicists were surprised to find a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with 50 million solar masses that appears to predate its host galaxy. This discovery challenges the understanding of SMBH growth and growth of SMBH in the early Universe.
This JWST NIRCam image shows Abell2744-QSO1, a prototypical Little Red Dot (LRD) discovered by the JWST . QS01 is magnified and tripled by gravitational lensing from the galaxy cluster Abell 2744.
When scientists studied it in detail, they found a 50 million solar mass supermassive black hole (SMBH). It contains twice as much mass as its galaxy, throwing a curveball at astrophysicists trying to understand the growth of SMBH. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Furtak (Ben-Gurion University), R. Maiolino (Cambridge), F. D'Eugenio (Cambridge), I. Juodžbalis (Cambridge), H. Übler (MPE), C. Marconcini (University of Florence). Image processing: A. Paga
JWST Nircam Little Red Dot Gravitational Lensing Supermassive Black Hole Abell 2744-QSO1 Pandora's Cluster Growth Of SMBH Early Universe
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