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JWST Discovers Supermassive Black Hole in Infinity Galaxy

10/3/2025

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Summary

JWST Discovers Black Hole

JWST has identified a supermassive black hole in the Infinity Galaxy, eight billion light-years away.
The discovery suggests formation from a massive gas cloud collapse, not typical star fragmentation.
Infinity Galaxy may support the long-debated heavy seed theory, offering its first observational hint.
In M87, JWST infrared images reveal the black hole jet's complex dynamics and the counter-jet.

Summary

Citizen Scientists Uncover ORC

The distant, powerful odd radio circle RAD J131346.9+500320 is linked to merging supermassive black holes, uncovered with LOFAR and citizen science.
It has two intersecting rings at redshift ~0.94, formed when the universe was about half its current age.
Citizen scientists uncover this ORC; Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will deepen understanding.

History

Historical Context

The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN, with a mass of 125 giga-electronvolts, revolutionized particle physics. In 2023, findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and LOFAR regarding supermassive black holes, such as QSO1, challenge traditional theories of cosmic formation, suggesting new models for understanding the universe's evolution and the origins of these massive entities.

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JWST Discovers Black Hole

JWST has identified a supermassive black hole in the Infinity Galaxy, eight billion light-years away.
The discovery suggests formation from a massive gas cloud collapse, not typical star fragmentation.
Infinity Galaxy may support the long-debated heavy seed theory, offering its first observational hint.
In M87, JWST infrared images reveal the black hole jet's complex dynamics and the counter-jet.

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