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Scientists discover oldest and farthest black hole ever observed

A group of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found that the oldest black hole is feasting upon its host galaxy to death. According to research published in the journal Nature, the newly discovered black hole dates from 400 million years after the Big Bang, more than 13 billion years ago and has a few million times the mass of our sun. The researchers said that the existence of this cosmic giant challenges the assumptions about how black holes form and grow.