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MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars

Weak Black Hole Quasar Concept

New findings by MIT show early supermassive black holes grew rapidly from large cosmic seeds, challenging previous understandings of galaxy formation. Credit: SciTechDaily.com

Ancient starlight from the earliest quasars has been captured by J0148 Quasar

A James Webb Telescope image shows the J0148 quasar circled in red. Two insets show, on top, the central black hole, and on bottom, the stellar emission from the host galaxy. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers; NASA

Evolution of Early Black Holes

The findings, published recently in the DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad3914

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