Astronomers spot black hole that formed before its galaxy
28 May 2026 The first direct mass measurement from the early universe weighs in on the debate over the origins of supermassive black holes.
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‘Death by a thousand cuts’: young galaxy ran out of fuel as black hole choked off supplies
12 Jan 2026 Astronomers have spotted one of the oldest ‘dead’ galaxies yet identified, and found that a growing supermassive black hole can slowly starve a galaxy...
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Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death
12 Sep 2024 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...
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Earliest detection of metal challenges what we know about the first galaxies
06 Jun 2024 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...
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Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope
30 May 2024 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...
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Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed
06 Mar 2024 A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers.
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