James Webb Reveals a Hidden Supermassive Black Hole in the Early Universe
Podcast: Bedtime AstronomyPublished On: Wed Dec 17 2025
Description: New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that a seemingly ordinary young galaxy, seen just 800 million years after the Big Bang, hides a rapidly growing, dust-enshrouded supermassive black hole.Infrared data from JWST’s MIRI instrument challenge established models of black hole and galaxy co-evolution and suggest that many similar objects may remain undetected across the universe.
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