740-million-year-old universe's earliest known black hole merger detected by Webb Space Telescope.
The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known black hole merger, which occurred just 740 million years after the universe's formation. This is the most distant detection of merging black holes ever made. The two black holes, each 50 million times more massive than our sun, and their corresponding galaxies merged within the early universe. This finding challenges theories on the growth and evolution of black holes in the universe's infancy.
May 16, 2024
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