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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 team made their find in the Infinity galaxy a cosmic feature whose ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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" ...
JWST Finds Black Hole Between Galaxy Cores, Hinting at Rare Direct Collapse Birth
JWST finds a black hole between galaxy cores, not inside either nucleus Infinity Galaxy may contain a rare black hole from direct gas collapse Galaxy’s figure-eight shape suggests a head-on galactic c ...
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Infinity Galaxy or Cosmic Owl? Webb Telescope Catches 2 Ring Galaxies Colliding
What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how ...