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James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxy
By Patrick Pester published
The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James Webb telescope observations reveal.

James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant black hole ever seen
By Shreejaya Karantha published
The James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers use rare 'double zoom' to view black hole corona in unprecedented detail
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, thanks to a rare cosmic alignment.

Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it die
By Harry Baker published
Chinese astronomers have spotted a hidden supermassive black hole in the background of a peculiar gravitational wave event from a black hole merger, hinting that all three singularities were locked in a never-before-seen triple system.

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
By Samantha Mathewson published
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Scientists may have just discovered 300 of the rarest black holes in the universe
By Ben Turner published
How black holes grow to monstrous scales is one of astronomy's prevailing enigmas. A new record-breaking dataset, which reveals 300 potential 'missing link black holes', could help to unravel it.
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