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Tiny Black Holes from Big Bang May Have Grown Into Beasts

Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes
The earliest and most distant supermassive black hole discovered thus far by JWST is CEERS 1019, which existed just 570 million years after the Big Bang and has a mass 9 million times that of the sun. That's too big to exist 13.2 billion years or so ago, according to the established models.
Tiny Black Holes from the Big Bang May Have Grown Into Beasts
Primordial black holes, formed in the earliest moments after the Big Bang, may have had the potential to grow at a rapid pace into supermassive black holes, according to new findings from cosmological simulations.
Astronomers discover the largest 'ultramassive' black hole ever seen
Astronomers detect an ultramassive black hole weighing 36 billion suns in the galaxy LRG 3-757, a record thanks to gravitational lenses.
Hypervelocity Stars Hint at a Supermassive Black Hole Right Next Door
Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black hole in a neighboring galaxy
Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event'
Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption event has been seen in interacting galaxies.
Supermassive black holes are much more common in the universe than believed
A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.
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Humongous stellar-mass black hole is the biggest ever found in Milky Way
Gaia-BH3's mass is 33 times bigger than our sun and it's only 2,000 light years from Earth. By Laura Baisas Published Apr 16, 2024 9:27 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
Distant super-massive black hole shows high velocity sign of overeating
A new University of Leicester study shows how the uncontrolled growth of a distant supermassive black hole (SMBH) is revealed ...
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Black hole debate settled? Stellar-mass black holes found at heart of Milky Way's largest star cluster
Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, finally be resolved? Omega Centauri is a massive star cluster with ...
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Black hole debate settled? Stellar-mass black holes found at the heart of the Milky Way's largest star cluster
Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, finally be resolved? Could a decades-long debate about the ...
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A stellar mass black hole is a type of black hole that forms from the gravitational collapse of a massive ... People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient ...