Researchers have identified the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the beginning of the universe, and determined that it is 'eating' its host galaxy to death. The study, published in the journal Nature, used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to locate the black hole, which formed 400 million years after the Big Bang, more than 13 billion years ago.

Universe's oldest black hole about 1.6 mn times mass of sun dicovered

Astronomers have detected the oldest black hole ever observed, with around a million times the mass of the Sun. Citing observations published in Arxiv, a report by The Guardian on Sunday (Dec 10) said that the black hole dates back more than 13 billion years to the dawn of the universe.

Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed. It's a million times the mass of Sun: Report

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Universe's oldest black hole about 1.6 mn times mass of sun dicovered

Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed. It's a million times the mass of Sun: Report