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NASA Discovers Supercharged Black Hole in Distant Quasar

10/5/2025

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory observed a black hole in the quasar RACS J0320-35 growing faster than typical limits.
The black hole is about one billion solar masses and 12.8 billion light-years away.
Its emission surpasses others in the first billion years, and rapid growth (2.4 times the Eddington limit) may relate to jet formation.

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Story summary

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory observed a black hole in the quasar RACS J0320-35 growing faster than typical limits.
The black hole is about one billion solar masses and 12.8 billion light-years away.
Its emission surpasses others in the first billion years, and rapid growth (2.4 times the Eddington limit) may relate to jet formation.