Webb spots the most distant active supermassive black hole | Digital Trends

As well as observing specific objects like distant galaxies and planets here in our solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope is also being used to perform wide-scale surveys of parts of the sky. These surveys observe large chunks of the sky to identify important targets like very distant, very early galaxies, as well as observe intriguing objects like black holes. And one such survey has recently identified the most distant active supermassive black hole seen so far.

A very early example of these supermassive black holes was recently discovered, dating back to just 570 million years after the big bang. Located in a galaxy named CEERS 1019, it was identified as part of a survey called Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science which uses Webb to take huge images of parts of the sky.

The galaxy in which the supermassive black hole resides is interesting too. In the data, it looks like three blobs in a line rather than the single disk which would be expected. That could give clues to how the galaxy came to be, as the result of colliding with other nearby galaxies.

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