"JWST Discovers Massive Red Supermassive Black Hole in Early Universe"

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Source: Space.com
"JWST Discovers Massive Red Supermassive Black Hole in Early Universe"
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an "extremely red" supermassive black hole growing in the early universe, around 700 million years after the Big Bang. The black hole's red hue is due to the expanding universe, and it is rapidly feasting on gas and dust, growing to around 40 million times the mass of the sun. The discovery, made possible by gravitational lensing, adds to the mystery of how supermassive black holes grew to such huge sizes in the early universe.

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