JWST Finds Extremely Red Supermassive Black Hole
JWST Finds Extremely Red Supermassive Black Hole #jwst #astronomy #universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an "extremely red" supermassive black hole, 40 million times the mass of the sun, illuminating a quasar from the universe's early stages, about 700 million years post-Big Bang.
The redshifted light, a result of the universe's expansion, indicates a thick gas and dust cloak around the black hole. Located 12.9 billion light-years away, this black hole's rapid consumption of surrounding material signifies its growth.
Quasars, bright due to the heated accretion disk around such black holes, can outshine entire galaxies. This particular find was magnified by a galaxy cluster acting as a cosmic lens, revealing insights into supermassive black hole formation and challenging our understanding of early universe dynamics.
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