"Record-breaking Ancient Black Hole Unveiled, Solving Cosmic Mysteries"

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Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed 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. The black hole was detected using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and it is considered a quasar, actively growing and emitting blindingly bright gas. The researchers used gravitational lensing to magnify the region of space where the black hole is located.
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