The James Webb Space Telescope has captured observations of the most distant active black hole that we've ever found.
A group of researchers discovered the most distant active black hole we’ve ever observed, at least so far. The discovery was made using the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers say they made the discovery in the galaxy CEERS 1019, which is believed to have existed over 570 million years after the big bang,The black hole found in this galaxy is also intriguing because it is much smaller than astronomers expected it to be, especially for the time that it existed.
While the black hole is believed to still be active, its estimated mass means that it is more on par with the, which is of a similar mass. What’s really intriguing is that astronomers aren’t quite sure how massive black holes like this formed in such early portions of the universe.CEERS Survey , and this one could only hold that record of the most distant active black hole for a few short weeks. The hope is that discovering more like it will help astronomers figure out exactly how these kinds of black holes come to be.
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