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This impossibly massive black hole wasn't very hungry during the dawn of time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an improbably huge black hole near the dawn of time, which doesn't seem to be eating near as much as it should.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots 'Cosmic Gems' in the extremely early universe (video)

The JWST has detected star clusters that existed less than 500 million years after the Big Bang. These clusters, in the Cosmic Gems arc, could reveal secrets of cosmic evolution.

Space

The Webb Telescope Found Strange, Sparkling Balls That Might Have Helped Light Up the Universe

These distant glittering spheres are tightly-packed clusters of stars, all bound together by each other’s gravity.

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This impossibly massive black hole wasn't very hungry during the dawn of time

The James Webb Space Telescope saw a supermassive black hole that wasn't overfeeding when time began, deepening the mystery of how black hole grew so massive so quickly.

Space

Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores at cosmic dawn

Two superluminous quasars, or active black holes at the centers of large galaxies, were found just 900 million years after the Big Bang — the earliest detection of a pair of merging quasars ever seen.

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Where is the center of the universe?

The universe is undeniably vast, and from our perspective, it may seem like Earth is in the middle of everything. But is there a center of the cosmos, and if so, where is it? If the Big Bang started the universe, then where did it all come from, and where…

Space

Did alien life form after the Big Bang?

The ingredients and conditions for life could have emerged billions of years ago. Are aliens eons older than Earth?

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'Physics itself disappears': How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everything

Thomas Hertog tells us how he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on his final theorem — a Darwinian revolution in physics that explains the origin of time.

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Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy metal rebel

The existence of carbon in the early universe means that planets and perhaps even life could have formed sooner than anticipated.

Space

'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang

Tiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to primordial black holes, dying before the universe was a second old.

Space

James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when life could have emerged

The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen

The galaxies date to just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

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Webb Telescope Finds Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed, Again

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new record-holder for the most distant known galaxy, a remarkably bright star system that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, NASA said Thursday.

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James Webb telescope discovers the 2 earliest galaxies in the known universe — and 1 is shockingly big

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the two earliest, most distant galaxies in the known universe, dating to just 300 million years after the Big Bang. The detection of even earlier galaxies is likely to follow.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)

James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

The Conversation

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

After its “birth” in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the 13.8 billion years between the Big Bang and the present day.

Space

If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?

Primordial black holes born from density fluctuations dating back to the Big Bang have been frustratingly elusive, but a new quantum clue has been discovered.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a merger between two supermassive black holes so distant it proceeded just 740 million years after the Big Bang.

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Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time?

The JWST’s is so big that it can “see” the faintest and farthest galaxies and stars in the universe.

Space

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang

Primordial black holes left over from the Big Bang and no wider than a dime could be a prime target for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope after it launches in 2026.

Space

Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.

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James Webb telescope finds origins of the biggest explosion since the Big Bang — revealing a new cosmological mystery

Seen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope's search for its origins has only thrown up more questions.

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Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called 'God particle,' has died

Higgs predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle, helping explain how matter formed after the Big Bang. His death at 94 was announced by the University of Edinburgh, where he was a professor.

Space

3D map of over 1 million black holes traces where the universe's dark matter lies

Nearly 1.3 million quasars are included in a vast cosmic map, with the most distant having existed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.

Space

Speck of light glimpsed by Hubble is truly an enormous old galaxy, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on a mere speck of light seen by Hubble, identifying it as a massive early galaxy that existed just 510 million years after the Big Bang.

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