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Ben Turner

Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores at cosmic dawn

An artist's illustration of two black holes merging. .

Astronomers have spotted two active black holes merging at their farthest distance ever — just 900 million years after the Big Bang.

This is the first time that two luminous supermassive black holes have been spotted during cosmic dawn.

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