Distant supermassive black holes, far larger than expected, have been detected in the early universe. Observations using the James Webb Space Telescope (Jwst) indicate that these black holes hold a mass nearly 10 percent of their host galaxy’s stellar mass, a stark contrast to the 0.01 percent ratio observed in modern galaxies. This anomaly has … Read more
Astronomers have detected the longest black hole-driven jet observed in the early universe, stretching at least 200,000 light-years—twice the width of the Milky Way. The discovery was made in a quasar identified as J1601+3102, which existed when the universe was only 1.2 billion years old. Despite the immense size of its jet, the supermassive black … Read more
Water molecules may have emerged in the universe much earlier than previously estimated, suggesting that the conditions necessary for life existed billions of years before scientists expected. New findings indicate that water could have formed as early as 100 to 200 million years after the Big Bangchallenging previous theories on the timeline of planetary and … Read more
New images from the now-decommissioned Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) provide the most precise glimpse yet of the universe just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. These images of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), captured before ACT ceased operations in 2022, reveal how the first structures that would later form stars and galaxies began taking shape. … Read more