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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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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 ...
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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'
Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence ...
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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 ...
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" ...
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 ...
Astronomers Discover Uncommon Way for Black Holes to Form
As NASA reports, two astronomers working with raw Webb data the space agency periodically makes available to researchers, ...
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Infinity Galaxy or Cosmic Owl? Webb Telescope Catches 2 Ring Galaxies Colliding
What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how ...
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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 birth.
JWST Finds Black Hole Between Galaxy Cores, Hinting at Rare Direct Collapse Birth
JWST finds a black hole between galaxy cores, not inside either nucleus Infinity Galaxy may contain a rare black hole from direct gas collapse Galaxy’s figure-eight shape suggests a head-on galactic c ...