"Unveiling the Ancient: Oldest Black Hole Unearthed, 470 Million Years Post Big Bang"

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"Unveiling the Ancient: Oldest Black Hole Unearthed, 470 Million Years Post Big Bang"
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Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed just 470 million years after the Big Bang. The black hole is 10 times bigger than the one in our Milky Way and is believed to weigh anywhere from 10% to 100% the mass of all the stars in its galaxy. The discovery confirms the existence of supermassive black holes at the dawn of the universe and was made using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

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