A black hole dated at 13.3 billion years old, identified by the University of Texas at Austin, is significantly larger than expected, being up to 300 million times the mass of the sun. This discovery challenges existing models of black hole formation, as it occurred just 500 million years after the Big Bang. Detected using NASA's James Webb Telescope, it is associated with an early universe galaxy known as CAPERS-LRD-z9. The determination of its distance poses challenges due to the expanding universe's effects on light travel.
The oldest and most distant black hole known to scientists dates back 13.3 billion years ago, when our universe was still in its teething stage.
The cosmic mass is not only old, it's massive - up to 300 million times bigger than our sun.
This finding is putting stress on some of our models of how black holes form and how they grow.
Taylor says it's impossible to say for sure how far away CAPERS-LRD-z9 is, due to the strange way distances work in our expanding universe.
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