X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Ákos Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & K. Arcand
- NASA has discovered the most distant black hole ever, dating back nearly to the dawn of time.
- Don't worry: the growing black hole is located 13.2 billion light-years away.
- The supermassive black hole was detected in a rare state of infancy.
NASA has discovered the most distant black hole ever detected, capturing it growing in a stage of never-before-seen infancy near the dawn of time.