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JWST and ALMA reveal a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe
JWST and ALMA revealed a dusty quasar from the early universe.
It was seen at a time when the universe was less than a billion years old.
The object, called J1440+0019, is a quasar whose light is reddened by dust.
It contains a rapidly growing supermassive black hole.
The black hole has a mass of about 1.1 billion suns, making it an enormous object from a very early period in cosmic history.
The study was posted to the arXiv preprint server on October 9.
A new study reports a dust-reddened quasar from when the universe was less than a billion years old.
The object, J1440+0019, is at a redshift of 6.5488.
It contains a rapidly accreting supermassive black hole with a mass of about 1.1 billion suns.
The paper was posted to the arXiv preprint server on Oct. 9.
- Who
- Researchers studying the quasar J1440+0019.
- What
- The study reports a rapidly accreting supermassive black hole with a mass of about 1.1 billion suns.
- When
- It existed when the universe was less than a billion years old. The paper was posted on Oct. 9.
- Where
- J1440+0019; its redshift is 6.5488.
- Why
- Not stated
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The paper was posted to the arXiv preprint server.
Phys.org published its report on the study.
- Object
- J1440+0019
- Redshift
- 6.5488
- Black hole mass
- About 1.1 billion suns
- Publication
- Paper posted to arXiv on Oct. 9