JWST Data Reveals Wandering Supermassive Black Hole at Galaxy Outskirts

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Published: 2026-07-30
Category: science
Source: Sky & Telescope / EarthSky (citing JWST data)
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Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole roaming the outskirts of a galaxy, a finding enabled by data from the James Webb Space Telescope. This discovery, confirmed by observing the black hole's interaction with surrounding gas, challenges previous assumptions that such objects are exclusively located at galactic centers, impacting galaxy evolution models.

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