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JWST 'weighs' dormant black hole 10 billion light-years away

The most distant, nearly invisible dormant black hole has been detected and "weighed" by an international team of astronomers that includes researchers from UCL.

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Astronomers have successfully detected and measured the mass of a dormant black hole located at the center of a distant galaxy. This galaxy, known as MRG-M0138, is situated approximately 10 billion light-years away from Earth. The detection was made possible by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which provided the necessary data for the international team of researchers to identify and weigh the dormant black hole. The study, published in Science, marks a significant achievement in the field of astronomy. The discovery of this distant dormant black hole expands our understanding of the universe's structure and evolution, particularly in the early stages of galaxy formation.

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