Astronomers have detected the most distant active supermassive black hole to date in the galaxy CEERS 1019. The black hole is about 9 million solar masses, which is surprisingly massive for such an early epoch. The detection was enabled by high-resolution infrared observations from JWST.
Observational Cosmology2026-08-06 • ⏱️ 3 min read
James Webb Discovers the Oldest Supermassive Black Hole in the Early Universe
JWST has detected an active supermassive black hole dating back just 570 million years after the Big Bang, challenging models of cosmic structure.
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