JWST captures rare glimpse of early black hole growing inside network of young galaxies

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured a rare early glimpse of a supermassive black hole growing within a network of young galaxies. This observation provides critical insights into galaxy formation just a billion years after the Big Bang near the Isle of Man.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured one of the clearest views yet of how an early supermassive black hole may grow within a network of young galaxies. The compact active galaxy, seen just a billion years after the Big Bang, lies beside a 12,000-parsec-long filament containing multiple galaxies that are expected to merge within a few hundred million years.