Astronomers spot black hole that formed before its galaxy
The first direct mass measurement from the early universe weighs in on the debate over the origins of supermassive black holes.
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: young galaxy ran out of fuel as black hole choked off supplies
Astronomers have spotted one of the oldest ‘dead’ galaxies yet identified, and found that a growing supermassive black hole can slowly starve a galaxy rather than tear it apart.
Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars.
Earliest detection of metal challenges what we know about the first galaxies
Astronomers have detected carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest detection of any element in the universe other than hydrogen.
Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope
The two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang, have been discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers today announced.
Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed
A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers.
