Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why

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January 27, 2025, 9:00 PM

• •Astronomers have discovered distant, overly massive supermassive black holes in the early universe.
• •The black holes seem way too massive compared to the mass of the stars in the galaxies that host them.
• •The discovery could bring astronomers a step closer to solving the mystery of how supermassive black holes with masses millions or even billions of times that of the sun grew so quickly in the early universe.

Astronomers discover distant, overly massive supermassive black holes in the early universe. The black holes seem way too massive compared to the mass of the stars in the galaxies that host them.

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