Ancient Quasars and Cosmic Web: Unveiling the Secrets of the Universe
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal two massive galaxies that existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang. One of the galaxies weighs 130 billion times the mass of the Sun and hosts a black hole-driven quasar with 1.4 billion solar masses. The data shows a correlation between the size of the supermassive black hole and the size of its host galaxy, suggesting that this relationship existed early in cosmic history. Astronomers are exploring various scenarios to explain this connection, including feedback mechanisms and fuel sources. Further observations using JWST will provide more insights into the growth rates of galaxies and their black hole-driven quasars in the early universe.
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- Carnegie Mellon Scientists Unearth Dual Quasars Aided by TACC's Frontera Supercomputer HPCwire
- Webb identifies the earliest strands of the cosmic web Phys.org
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