Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the most distant active supermassive black hole ever known. Its galaxy existed just 570 million years after the Big Bang, challenging our understanding of the universe's evolution.

The black hole CEERS 1019 is nine million times heavier than the Sun. Most objects of this kind weigh more than a billion solar masses, making them brighter and easier to detect.

CEERS 1019 formed too quickly after the birth of the universe, contradicting modern theories about the origin of black holes. It is believed that they emerged much later, rather than at the dawn of the universe's history.