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Webb Telescope Reveals Ancient Black Hole At Dawn Of Time

  • Researchers discovered the most distant active black hole using the James Webb Space Telescope.
  • The black hole was found in the galaxy CEERS 1019, over 570 million years after the big bang.
  • It is much smaller than expected for its time and has an estimated mass of 9 million solar masses.
  • The black hole is believed to still be active and is similar in mass to the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole.
  • The discovery raises questions about how such massive black holes formed in the early universe.
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