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A picture from JWST shows the location of a distant galaxy called UHT-1 and its black hole.
A picture taken by JWST and Chandra X-ray observatory shows the location of a UHZ-1 and its black hole near the beginning of the universe.

NASA/CXC/SAO/Ákos Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & K. Arcand

  • NASA's JWST telescope spotted a bizarre galaxy that defies expectations.  
  • Galaxy UHZ-1 formed around a huge black hole that existed surprisingly soon after the Big Bang.
  • It formed so early that the main theory for black-hole formation — a dying star — seems not to fit.

A bizarre galaxy spotted in the early days of the universe could rewrite how supermassive black holes are formed.

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