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Supermassive Black Holes Got Started From Massive Cosmic Seeds


One longstanding mystery in astronomy is how supermassive black holes got so heavy so early. JWST has shown evidence that supermassive black holes were already active and feeding 13 billion years ago. These are quasars, and they're so bright they drown out the light from the rest of the galaxy, but Webb can see it. Astronomers found that early black holes were much more massive than their host galaxies than modern versions.

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Supermassive Black Holes Got Started From Massive Cosmic Seeds

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MIT astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars. The observations suggest some of earliest “monster” black holes grew from massive cosmic seeds.