James Webb Telescope Identifies Three Active Black Holes in Distant Early Universe Galaxy

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Published: 2026-10-25
Category: science
Source: ScienceDaily
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Using its Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec-IFS), the James Webb Space Telescope has detected three actively feeding black holes within a single galaxy located over 12.5 billion light-years away. This discovery from the universe's early stages demonstrates the JWST's unique ability to differentiate signals from multiple black holes in distant galaxies that would otherwise appear as one.

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