Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 19, 2024 12:15 am

PARIS: The James Webb space telescope has discovered the oldest black hole ever detected, which was thriving so soon after the Big Bang that it challenges our understanding of how these celestial behemoths form, astronomers said Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

The black hole was vigorously gobbling up its host galaxy just 430 million years after the birth of the universe during a period called the cosmic dawn, according to a study in the journal Nature.

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