"Oldest Black Hole in Universe Possibly Discovered by James Webb Space Telescope"

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, located in the infant galaxy GN-z11, just 440 million years after the Big Bang. This supermassive black hole, with a mass of 1.6 million suns, is one of many that grew rapidly during the cosmic dawn. Scientists are still unsure how these black holes ballooned in size so quickly, but studying them could provide insights into the growth of supermassive black holes in the present-day universe. The black hole was detected by analyzing faint traces of light emitted by the hot material surrounding it. Various theories suggest that these early black holes formed from the collapse of giant gas clouds, mergers between stars and black holes, or even from hypothesized "primordial" black holes.