Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers were able to detect a massive black hole in the galaxy CANUCS-LRD-z8.6. transmit Nature magazine.
As noted, this accretion black hole is capable of absorbing material from the environment and is unusually large compared to other objects in its galaxy.
It turned out to be even more massive than its host galaxy, which is atypical for such ancient star systems. Observations show that it grew rapidly during the first billions of years of the Universe's existence, possibly accompanied by active suppression of star formation.
A team of researchers led by Roberta Tripodi from the University of Ljubljana conducted a thorough analysis of the object. Telemetry data and analytical models show that light from CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 takes 13.3 billion years to reach Earth. The object's central black hole has a mass in excess of 100 billion solar masses, about 25 times more than predicted by current theories. However, the galaxy itself is relatively young and much smaller than the Milky Way, but the rate of formation of new stars in it reaches 50 solar masses per year.
Researchers have found that rapid expansion and low gas density significantly influence the black hole's mass increase. These findings confirm that in the early Universe, black holes evolved faster than their galaxies and gained mass before star systems emerged. Such objects could serve as progenitors of the largest quasars.
