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astra99.bsky.social
JWST found a 50-million-solar-mass black hole, Abell2744-QSO1, in the early universe (<1B years old). It's more massive than its host galaxy, shaking up ideas that black holes and galaxies grow in tandem.
Did this black hole grow up before its galaxy?
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have directly measured the mass of a black hole in the early universe, Abell2744-QSO1, when the universe was less than a billion years old. Surprising
www.astronomy.com
July 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
herbstwind.bsky.social
Supermassereiches Schwarzes Loch QSO1 wohl älter als seine Galaxie
Dank einer glücklichen Fügung konnte erstmals die Masse eines supermassereichen Schwarzen Lochs im frühen Kosmos ermittelt werden. Die Folgen sind weitreichend.
June 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
coreyspowell.bsky.social
The only reason we can see this distant black hole is because of a lucky cosmic alignment: The gravity of an intervening galaxy cluster greatly magnified its light & split the image in three.

The "little red dot" here is gas swirling around the black hole. 🔭🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is an image from NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) on Webb that shows Abell2744-QSO1, magnified and triply imaged by galaxy cluster Abell 2744. Abell2744-QSO1 (QSO1) is a prototypical Little Red Dot, one of the first of hundreds of tiny glowing flecks of infrared light that Webb has found speckling the early Universe. QSO1 is roughly 1,300 light-years across and with a cosmological redshift (z) of 7, its light dates back to just 700 million years after the Big Bang, when the Universe was only 5% of its current age. QSO1 is ideal for study because it is gravitationally lensed, both magnified and triply imaged by Abell 2744, the intervening mega-cluster of galaxies that warps its surrounding space-time. Detailed study of the brightest of the three lensed images, QSO1A (upper right), shows that the object consists of a central supermassive black hole 50 million times the mass of the Sun, surrounded by a cloud of hydrogen and helium gas with very small amounts of heavier elements like oxygen. Unlike supermassive black holes in nearby galaxies, which make up only a tiny fraction of their host galaxy’s total mass, QSO1’s black hole contains twice as much mass as the galactic material surrounding it.
May 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
nasaupdates.bsky.social
The black hole in Abell2744-QSO1 makes up two-thirds of its host galaxy's total mass! This is thousands of times more "top-heavy" than galaxies in our local neighbourhood, challenging our understanding of how galaxies and black holes co-evolve. #Astrophysics #ScienceNews #JWST

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May 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
nasaupdates.bsky.social
Which came first, the galaxy or the black hole? Webb’s observation of Abell2744-QSO1 suggests the black hole was there first! It appears these supermassive objects didn't grow from smaller stars but were enormous from the very beginning. #Cosmology #WebbTelescope #SpaceDiscovery

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May 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
nasaupdates.bsky.social
Webb has uncovered one of the most pristine galactic environments ever measured! The gas in galaxy Abell2744-QSO1 is almost entirely hydrogen and helium, with extremely low amounts of heavy elements—showing a galaxy at the very earliest stages of its life. #SpaceFacts #JWST

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May 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
theplanetaryguy.com
This little red dot is a type of early galaxy called a, well, "Little Red Dot", one example of hundreds of small (far away) objects with very high cosmological redshifts seen by JWST, their infrared colour indicative of their great distance from us.

This is QSO1, and it's 1,300 lightyears across.
May 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
coreyspowell.bsky.social
Amazing: JWST spotted a naked black hole, 50 million times as massive as the Sun, in the very early universe.

This is strong evidence that some black-hole "seeds" formed before their galaxies--a big shift in our view of how the cosmos evolved after the Big Bang. 🧪🔭

esawebb.org/news/weic2609/
An image detail from Webb’s NIRCam shows the Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1, gravitationally lensed by Abell 2744, an enormous mega-cluster of galaxies also known as Pandora’s Cluster. Pulled out to the right is a map showing the speed that gas is moving toward or away from the telescope (rotational velocity) in different parts of QSO1. The map was made with data collected using NIRSpec’s integral field unit (IFU), a combination of camera and spectrograph. The IFU gathers an image along with 900 spectra from a square patch of sky 3 arcseconds by 3 arcseconds, creating maps showing differences in brightness of thousands of wavelengths between 0.6-micron and 5.3-micron light across the object. The gas velocity is calculated based on Doppler shift: the colours are shifted slightly toward shorter (bluer) wavelengths where material is moving toward us, and longer (redder) wavelengths where it is moving away. The Webb data shows that the glowing gas has Keplerian rotation: it is orbiting a central point in the same way that planets orbit a star. This means that most of the mass of QSO1 must reside in a single point in the centre, i.e., a black hole. Because the velocity of the orbiting gas follows very simple laws of gravity, the data can then be used to calculate the mass of the black hole: It appears to be 50 million solar masses, or 50 million times the mass of our Sun. This is about two-thirds of the entire mass of QSO1.
May 27, 2026 at 7:55 PM
umbertogaetani.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy
Prima è apparso un enorme buco nero, poi la sua galassia ha iniziato a formarsi attorno ad esso

#Webb @astronomia@feddit.it @astronomia@diggita.com

Utilizzando i dati raccolti da Webb, un team di astronomi ha scoperto che un buco nero supermassiccio […]

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Il buco nero supermassiccio QSO1. Le osservazioni del James Webb Space Telescope rivelano che il buco nero supermassiccio QSO1 si è probabilmente formato in un ambiente “pristino”, senza stelle né resti stellari attorno.
April 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
webb-telescope.bsky.social
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (May 27, 2026)

Webb's NIRCam captures the Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1, revealing its gravitational lensing by the Abell 2744 mega-cluster of galaxies.

esawebb.org/images/weic2609b/
Insufficient descriptive information provided Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Furtak (Ben-Gurion University), R. Maiolino (Cambridge), F. D'Eugenio (Cambridge), I. Juodžbalis (Cambridge), H. Übler (MPE), C. Marconcini (University of Florence). Image processing: A. Pagan
September 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
banneduser.space
naked black holes of the early universe imply the existence of dripped tf out black holes, which today are at the centers of galaxies

#QSO1B #galacticnuclei #JWST 🔭
JWST image of supermassive black hole QSO1B as it was as a black hole star or "little red dot" in the early universe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_2744-QSO1#/media/File%3AJWST_image_of_Abell_2744-QSO1.jpg
September 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
starshipceltica.bsky.social
Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Orbiting a black hole in the centre of Abell2744-QSO1, a tiny galaxy more than 13 billion light-years away
May 31, 2026 at 5:31 AM
natureportfolio.nature.com
A paper in Nature reports a direct measurement of a black hole mass in a distant object known as a little red dot, found in a galaxy dating back to when the Universe was just 700 million years old. go.nature.com/4nWSjKD 🔭🧪
An artist's impression of the gas surrounding the black hole of Abell2744-QSO1 - the colors illustrate its swirling, circular motions. The red edge of the disc is receding from the viewer, while the blue one is coming towards. Credit: Jiarong Gu
June 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
natureportfolio.nature.com
A paper in Nature reports a direct measurement of a black hole mass in a distant object known as a little red dot, found in a galaxy dating back to when the Universe was just 700 million years old. go.nature.com/4nWSjKD 🔭🧪
An artist's impression of the gas surrounding the black hole of Abell2744-QSO1 - the colors illustrate its swirling, circular motions. The red edge of the disc is receding from the viewer, while the blue one is coming towards. Credit: Jiarong Gu
May 27, 2026 at 10:13 PM
theghostofmrhand.bsky.social
13 billion light years away.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_2...
Abell 2744-QSO1 - Wikipedia
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May 28, 2026 at 3:08 AM
faytuksnetwork.bsky.social
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first direct measurement of a black hole’s mass in the early universe, finding one about 50 million times the mass of the Sun in Abell2744-QSO1, a small object seen as it was 700…

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May 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
bricehaziza.bsky.social
😱🌌QSO1, une galaxie classée en "Petits Points Rouges" et dont l'existence défie la cosmologie, pourrait en fait être un trou noir de 50 millions de masse solaire quasiment dépourvu d'environnement (nu donc). S'agirait-il du reliquat d'un trou noir primordial ?
www.lesnumeriques.com/astronomie-c...
Le télescope James-Webb a-t-il trouvé un trou noir qui pourrait bouleverser la cosmologie ?
Une équipe d'astrophysiciens pense qu'un trou noir des débuts de l'Univers, baptisé QSO1, pourrait être une relique des primordiaux recherchés depuis les années 1970.
www.lesnumeriques.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
soraespace.bsky.social
ブラックホールと銀河はどちらが先か？　ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡による初期宇宙の謎に迫る成果
sorae.info/astronomy/20...

今回の発見について研究者は「パラダイムシフトであり、ブラックホールの形成と成長に関する古典的なシナリオの完全な見直しです」と述べています
ブラックホールと銀河はどちらが先か？　ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡による初期宇宙の謎に迫る成果
ジェームズ・ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡が観測した初期宇宙の天体「Abell 2744-QSO1」。銀河より先に形成された可能性がある超大質量ブラックホールの発見を紹介します
sorae.info
June 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
webb-telescope.bsky.social
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (May 27, 2026)

Abell2744-QSO1, a prototypical Little Red Dot, is magnified and triply imaged by the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, with light dating back to 700 million years after the Big Bang.

esawebb.org/images/weic2609c/
Insufficient descriptive information provided Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Furtak (Ben-Gurion University), R. Maiolino (Cambridge), F. D'Eugenio (Cambridge), I. Juodžbalis (Cambridge), H. Übler (MPE), C. Marconcini (University of Florence). Image processing: A. Pagan
September 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
bricehaziza.bsky.social
Ce trou noir, QSO1 aidera peut-être enfin à comprendre qui se forme en premier : le TN ou la galaxie ?
Il pèse 50 millions de masse solaire et n'a que 20 millions d'étoiles autour de lui...

(Mon dernier article C&E, pour abonnés)
cieletespace.bsky.social Ciel & Espace @cieletespace.bsky.social · Jun 3
Un trou noir trop gros par rapport à la galaxie qui l'abrite... Cette découverte faite avec le JWST pourrait changer les théories de formation des trous noirs hypermassifs (abonnés) : https://www.cieletespace.fr/article/decouverte-un-trou-noir-beaucoup-trop-massif-dans-l-univers-jeune
June 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
bricehaziza.bsky.social
Voici QSO1, un trou noir de 50 millions de masse solaire formé alors que sa galaxie existe "à peine" : il pèse 70% de la masse totale !
S'est-il formé à partir d'un nuage de gaz vierge ou de trous noirs primordiaux ?
www.cieletespace.fr/article/deco...
Mon dernier article ciel&espace (Abonnés)
Découverte : un trou noir beaucoup trop massif dans l’Univers jeune | Ciel & Espace
Un trou noir dont la masse atteint les deux tiers de celle de la galaxie qui l’abrite ? La chose semblait impossible.
www.cieletespace.fr
June 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
theacentauri.bsky.social
Телескоп James Webb дослідив галактику Abell2744-QSO1, яка існувала через 700 мільйонів років після Великого вибуху, — і виявив у її центрі чорну діру масою 50 мільйонів Сонць. Вона, найімовірніше, утворилась ще до появи самої галактики. Можливо, в першу секунду існування Всесвіту.
May 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
astropics.bsky.social
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銀河より先に超巨大ブラックホールが誕生!?　130億年前の宇宙に「裸の超巨大ブラックホール」
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銀河より先に超巨大ブラックホールが誕生!?　130億年前の宇宙に「裸の超巨大ブラックホール」
この画像は、「パンドラ銀河団」とも呼ばれる銀河団Abell 2744をジェイムズ・ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡がとらえたものです。右側の枠内に映る赤い天体は、いずれも「Abell2744-QSO1」という銀河です。パンドラ銀河団の重力レンズ効果によっ...
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May 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM
quadraticink.bsky.social
Can't believe you just went and called QSO1 old like that, Sgr A*.
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
stsci.edu
Researchers have made the first direct mass measurement of a black hole in the early universe using #NASAWebb. The supermassive black hole in Abell2744-QSO1 seems to predate its galaxy and may have formed within the first second after the big bang: https://news.stsci.edu/4uwvH5Z
Space telescope image showing hundreds of bright objects of different size, color, and shape on the black background of space. Colors range from white to deep red. Shapes include elliptical, spiral, dot-like, dash-like, and curved. Many of the large objects near the center are fuzzy white, with bright white cores. Many smaller objects scattered throughout are pink to red. Three objects in the central part of the image are called out with small white boxes: A box labeled “C” at about 12 o’clock; one labeled “B” at 3 o’clock; and a box labeled “A” at 4 o’clock. Images of the three objects are enlarged in boxes running vertically along the right. From top to bottom these are labeled QSO1A, QSO1B, and QSO1C. At the center of each box is a tiny, circular red dot. QSO1A (top) is notably larger, brighter, and clearer than the other two. QSO1B, in the middle, is smallest and fuzziest, and is somewhat washed out by the light of a larger white object next to it.
May 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM