Astronomers Discover Fastest-Feeding Black Hole in Early Universe

A supermassive black hole, LID-568, is consuming matter at a rate exceeding 40 times its theoretical limit, providing insights into early cosmic growth.

LID-568, located 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, challenges existing theories on black hole growth with its rapid accretion rate.
Using NASA's JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers identified LID-568's intense X-ray emissions and powerful gas outflows.
The black hole's feeding exceeds the Eddington limit, a theoretical maximum for how much matter a black hole can consume without becoming unstable.
This discovery offers new perspectives on the formation of supermassive black holes, suggesting they can grow significantly during brief, intense accretion episodes.
Follow-up observations with JWST are planned to further explore the mechanisms allowing such extreme feeding rates in the early universe.