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A Candidate Direct-Collapse Black Hole in the Infinity Galaxy

JUL 15, 2025
A search for oddities in archival JWST data has turned up something remarkable: a rare pair of collisional ring galaxies that may have birthed a supermassive black hole during their clash.
A Candidate Direct-Collapse Black Hole in the Infinity Galaxy disp image

A Candidate Direct-Collapse Black Hole in the Infinity Galaxy lead image

Infinity Galaxy

A search for oddities in archival JWST data has turned up something remarkable: a rare pair of collisional ring galaxies that may have birthed a supermassive black hole during their clash.

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