James Webb Space Telescope Spots The Most Distant Black Hole Merger

2024-07-09 2

A merger of galaxies and their supermassive black holes in the ZS7 system was spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope. The merger occurred when the Universe was about 740 million years old.

Credit: Space.com | ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, J. Dunlop, D. Magee, P. G. Pérez-González, H. Übler, R. Maiolino, et. al, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) | edited by Steve Spaleta