{"id":53419,"date":"2024-01-11T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e0a764b4-e709-4bb1-b223-6e727f66254c"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:32:28","slug":"record-breaking-black-hole-discovered-in-x-ray-light","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/record-breaking-black-hole-discovered-in-x-ray-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking black hole discovered in X-ray light"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the earliest black hole seen in X-rays, it could reveal how these mammoths grow so large. <\/p>

By Ezzy Pearson\n <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 11:33 AM<\/p>

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NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope discover the most distant black hole ever seen with X-rays.<\/p>

Dating from just 470 million years after the Big Bang, the find gives strong weight to the theory that supermassive black holes<\/a> start their lives large in size, rather than growing over time.<\/p>