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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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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 ...
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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 ...
James Webb Space Telescope finds rare figure-8 galaxy with a black hole forming at its heart
In a discovery that sounds straight out of science fiction, astronomers have spotted a galaxy shaped like the infinity symbol ...
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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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Bizarre "Infinity Galaxy" Could Hold the Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers using data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a spectacular cosmic object they're ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...