Overview
- RACS J0320–35 lies about 12.8 billion light-years away, seen when the universe was roughly 920 million years old, with an estimated mass near one billion Suns.
- Researchers estimate a feeding rate equivalent to roughly 300 to 3,000 solar masses per year, exceeding standard thin-disk expectations.
- The object emits exceptionally strong X-rays and is reported as among the most luminous black holes detected from the universe’s first billions of years.
- Luca Ighina of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics called the rapid growth 'shocking' and described the source as one of the most extreme observed.
- First flagged in 2022 with Chandra’s help, the source is now driving calls for multiwavelength follow-up; a separate claim of a near-term 'black hole explosion' observation was mentioned without firm sourcing.