Scientists glimpse most distant supermassive black hole in the known universe

A team of scientists has discovered the known universe's most distant supermassive black hole. The black hole is so far from Earth that it has taken over 13 billion years for light from the object to reach our planet. The age of the universe is approximately 13.8 billion years, which means that observations of this newly discovered black hole offer scientists a glimpse into a much younger universe. "This is the only object we have observed from this era," said Robert Simcoe, the Francis L. Friedman...

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