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- The new object, named SDSS J0100+2802, is 12.8bn light years from Earth and was formed just 900m years after the Big Bang that gave birth to the universe.
Astronomers cannot explain how such an enormous black hole could have formed so early in cosmic history, soon after the first stars and galaxies emerged.
Dr Fuyan Bian, from the Australian National University, a member of the international team, said: “Forming such a large black hole so quickly is hard to interpret with current theories ...
“This black hole at the centre of the quasar gained enormous mass in a short period of time.”
AnSionnachRua · 3677 days ago · link ·
The headline of this article was amended to clarify that the black hole is 12bn times more massive than the sun, rather than 12bn times bigger.