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Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation


A young supermassive black hole appears to have formed in a vast gas cloud.

The Infinity Galaxy, overlaid with a contour map indicating the supermassive black hole (NASA / JWST) "By looking at the data from the Infinity Galaxy, we think we've pieced together a story of how a direct collapse could have happened here," Pieter van Dokkum wrote in a press release. "But we can say that these new data strengthen the case that we're seeing a newborn black hole, while eliminating some of the competing explanations," van Dokkum added.

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