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Kiona Smith

‘Overmassive’ Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

— CFA/Melissa Weiss

Peering back into the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) over the past few months, astronomers have noticed something odd. The supermassive black holes lurking at the heart of ancient galaxies are smaller than the ones in our nearby, modern slice of the universe. However, compared to the mass of stars in their host galaxies, these black holes almost seem too big.

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