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James Webb Telescope May Have Discovered the Earliest, Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole Ever Seen
A supermassive black hole tore apart a star over 30 times the Sun’s mass, creating the brightest flare ever recorded at 10 trillion suns, observed by Caltech’s Zwicky Transient Facility.
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James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant supermassive black hole ever seen
The James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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Supermassive Black Hole Shreds a Huge Star in Record Flare
A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away. Instead of exploding as a supernova, the star was torn apart, creating the brightest and most distant black hole flare ever recorded—shining with the power of 10 trillion suns. Star Meets Its Doom in [...]
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