The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a remarkable discovery, uncovering the oldest known black hole in the universe. This supermassive black hole is estimated to be around 13 billion years old and was found at the center of a quasar called J0313-1806.
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in our universe and they form when matter falls into a supermassive black hole. The light emitted from this process can be seen across billions of light-years away, allowing us to observe them even if they existed during an early stage of our universe’s history.
This particular quasar was detected by JWST due to its infrared emission, which allowed astronomers to measure how far it is from Earth as well as its age – both factors that helped them determine that it contains one of the oldest known supermassive black holes ever discovered in space so far!
The findings provide new insight into how these massive structures formed and evolved, giving scientists more information about what happened during those first few billion years after Big Bang occurred. It also helps us understand more about dark energy and gravity’s role within galaxies since we now know there were already large objects like this present shortly after creation began!
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