‘Oldest’ Known Black Hole Discovered

Another discovery has been made about black holes, which continue to be one of the biggest mysteries of the universe for humanity. Scientists have observed an additional nearby supermassive black hole in time to the Big Bang that has been discovered so far with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope.

The black hole is located inside CEERS_1019, which was discovered by Hubble in 2015 and was the oldest galaxy discovered at the time. It was shared that the black hole is only 570 million years away from the Big Bang.

What does the distance to the Big Bang mean?

We say 570 million years distant, but this is not the distance we know. As you know, it is assumed that the universe we live in was formed as a result of the Big Bang, which took place about 13.8 billion years ago. You can visualize the pattern “570 million years to the Big Bang”, which we encountered in the last discovery, with the following timeline:

In other words, the black hole existed 13.2 billion years ago. The traces we see today are actually a reflection of 13.2 billion years ago.

What is known about the black hole:

The supermassive black hole has been actively observed. In other words, the black hole continues to feed on stars and other structures as we currently observe it. Its current mass is 10 million times that of the Sun.