Summary:
- The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant known supermassive black hole, which is over 13 billion years old, dating back to just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
- This ancient black hole, known as a quasar, is providing insights into the early universe and the formation of the first supermassive black holes.
- The discovery highlights the incredible capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope and its potential to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos, especially the earliest stages of the universe's history.