NASA's Webb Telescope Detects Black Hole That Formed Before Its Host Galaxy, Challenging Cosmic Evolution Theories
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Marty McCoy
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Summary
Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected a massive black hole in the early universe that appears to have formed before its host galaxy. This challenges the long-held scientific assumption that galaxies form first, with black holes emerging later from collapsing stars within them. The discovery suggests black holes may have played a more fundamental role in shaping early galaxies than previously understood, potentially growing from primordial seeds rather than stellar collapse.
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It's hard to figure out how black holes millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, thousands of which have now been detected in the early universe, could have grown so quickly from such small seeds
Now, researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected...
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