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Researchers Uncover Ancient Black Hole Signals, Reveal Cosmic Mysteries

3/31/2025

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An international team of researchers, including experts from The Australian National University, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago. Utilizing the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, they unveiled crucial insights into black hole environments, hinting at the possibility of many more obscured by cosmic dust in the early universe.

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An international team of researchers, including experts from The Australian National University, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago. Utilizing the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, they unveiled crucial insights into black hole environments, hinting at the possibility of many more obscured by cosmic dust in the early universe.