Baby Black Holes Detected by Chandra

Astronomers have detected black holes in galaxies as far as 13 billion light-years from Earth, perhaps the earliest black holes to form in the universe, using NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
Baby Black Holes Detected by Chandra
Artist's impression of an infant galaxy less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The blue regions mark rapid star formation. A core cut-out shows very bright radiation from galaxy's center from a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, veiled by dust and gas. NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/559429main_cdfs_pulloutsD1_665_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/559429main_cdfs_pulloutsD1_665_medium.jpg" alt="Artist's impression of an infant galaxy less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The blue regions mark rapid star formation. A core cut-out shows very bright radiation from galaxy's center from a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, veiled by dust and gas. (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss )" title="Artist's impression of an infant galaxy less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The blue regions mark rapid star formation. A core cut-out shows very bright radiation from galaxy's center from a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, veiled by dust and gas. (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss )" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-127441"/></a>
Artist's impression of an infant galaxy less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The blue regions mark rapid star formation. A core cut-out shows very bright radiation from galaxy's center from a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, veiled by dust and gas. (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss )
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