"NASA Discovers Record-Breaking Black Hole Near Dawn of Universe"

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"NASA Discovers Record-Breaking Black Hole Near Dawn of Universe"
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NASA telescopes have discovered the most distant black hole ever seen in X-rays, located 13.2 billion light-years away from Earth. The black hole, found in a galaxy named UHZ1, is at an early stage of growth and has a mass similar to that of its host galaxy. This discovery provides insight into how some supermassive black holes formed in the early universe and supports the theory that they can be born massive from the collapse of massive gas clouds. The combination of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope, along with gravitational lensing, allowed researchers to detect the faint X-ray source and study the properties of the black hole.

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