Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of an ultramassive black hole with a mass of approximately 36 billion times that of the Sun, located in the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy system about 5 billion light-years from Earth. This black hole is notable for its immense size and gravitational influence, which is strong enough to create an Einstein ring by bending light from a more distant galaxy. The discovery was made possible by a new method developed by astronomers at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, allowing for more accurate measurements of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. This black hole challenges existing theories about the primordial universe due to its extraordinary mass. Separately, the oldest and most distant black hole has been identified in the galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, which formed roughly 500 million years after the Big Bang and is about 13.3 billion years old, as confirmed by data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Additionally, astronomers have found two black holes of different masses at the center of the galaxy SDSS J144515.46+492605.4, located 400 million light-years away. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of black hole formation and evolution across cosmic history.
2 Black Holes of Different Masses Discovered in the Center of a Galaxy Astronomers have discovered two black holes in the center of the galaxy SDSS J144515.46+492605.4 (no, the admin did not have a seizure), located 400 million light years from Earth. One of them has a mass of https://t.co/LHsINYGwi6
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Data from the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed that the little red dot known as CAPERS-LRD-z9 contains the oldest known black hole. https://t.co/GYuZGReOCr