Astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole, LID-568, rapidly consuming material in the early universe.

Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole, LID-568, located 1.5 billion years post-Big Bang, consuming material at a rate 40 times the Eddington limit. Detected with the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, this discovery may help explain how such black holes grew rapidly in the early universe. Researchers plan further observations to understand the mechanisms behind this extraordinary feeding rate and its implications for black hole formation.

November 04, 2024
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