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Newly Discovered ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Could Prove How Ancient Supermassive Black Holes Formed
A team of astronomers have discovered a curious figure in the universe. It is two distant galaxies colliding with each other ...
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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'
"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We ...
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Did Webb Just Witness a Black Hole’s Birth? The Infinity Galaxy’s Astonishing Secret
This is as close to a smoking gun as we’re likely ever going to get, Yale University’s Pieter van Dokkum announced, after his team made their find in the Infinity galaxy a cosmic feature whose ...
Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they ...
James Webb Space Telescope finds rare figure-8 galaxy with a black hole forming at its heart
This cosmic twist was uncovered by a team led by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum, who dubbed the galaxy “Infinity.” Formed ...
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Webb Telescope discovers possible direct collapse black hole in galaxy collision
With the discovery of Infinity Galaxy, researchers believe they have found evidence of a direct collapse black hole by ...
To 'infinity' and beyond: Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named 'Infinity'
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...
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Webb Telescope Spots ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Hosting A Supermassive Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist
Hidden in the ‘Infinity Galaxy,’ a black hole floats in space where none should exist, upending old ideas about black hole ...
Astronomers spot rare ‘Infinity’ galaxy and possible birth of a supermassive black hole
Astronomers have discovered the ‘Infinity’ galaxy — two merging galaxies forming a supermassive black hole — possibly the ...
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Infinity Galaxy or Cosmic Owl? Webb Telescope Catches 2 Ring Galaxies ...
The Cosmic Owl—or Infinity Galaxy—makes "an exceptional natural laboratory because it allows [researchers] to see several critical galaxy evolution processes happening simultaneously in one ...
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Is the universe still making new galaxies? | Space
We think of galaxies as ancient. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, formed 13.6 billion years ago, and the James Webb Space Telescope has allowed us to peer back to some of the first galaxies in the ...