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James Webb reveals a new origin story for the universe’s first supermassive black holes

James Webb Space Telescope observations provide new evidence about how the universe’s earliest supermassive black holes formed, tracing seeding and rapid-growth pathways within the first billion years. The results exploit JWST’s deep infrared reach to observe structures and processes from cosmic dawn.

Discovered 2026-01-29T03:13:17.904864-08:00 | 2026-01-29T03:13:17.904864-08:00

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  • Provides direct JWST observations that revise origin models for the universe’s earliest supermassive black holes and constrain seeding and rapid‑growth scenarios in the first billion years.
  • Underscores the scientific return from NASA’s mission to maximize JWST science output, which enables continued deep, high‑redshift surveys.
  • Builds on recent JWST detections of primordial 'monster' stars (source:ce11bc3c-f247-4acd-b987-e9d2056cbf07) and complements XRISM X‑ray constraints on black hole physics (source:61389d68-946c-4416-8dff-94b61ff27983).

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