Astronomers have spotted a monster black hole in the early universe that's gorging on matter at more than twice the theoretical limit. The discovery deepens the mystery of how some black holes born shortly after the Big Bang managed to grow so big, so fast.
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory — a powerful X-ray telescope at risk of being terminated by the Trump administration's proposed 2026 NASA budget — astronomers zoomed in on an ancient black hole called RACS J0320-35, which was born just 920 million years after the Big Bang.
